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To vaccine or not to vaccine, that has become a polarizing question. But why is there censorship of early interventions and also of doctors writing scripts for them? Why are we being pitted against each other? Dr. Ruwart has been in the pharmaceutical industry for many years, run for the presidential primary on the Libertarian ticket, and is author of three books, one on how the FDA became what she thinks it is today. This is a tell-it-like-we-think-it conversation. Mary J. Ruwart, Ph.D. chairs a for-profit IRB and is a former research scientist in the pharmaceutical industry.  She has a B.S. in biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Biophysics from Michigan State University. She did post-doctoral work at the St. Louis University Medical School's Department of Surgery and became an Assistant Professor of Surgery before joining the Upjohn Company.  Science is always changing, and we are in a circumstance that is evolving, but it seems that the “narrative” of much of the media is not representing accurately both sides of the science. Turns out there are details not widely discussed on most TV or radio shows. You will hear some of that here including: Who is most apt to die from Covid and why. What does obesity have to do with it. Is heart damage happening more in vaccinated young adults than from Covid. Why getting two boosters a year exposes you to the “inflammatory spike” protein. The Covid spike protein binds to human tissues than any other animal the bat it derives from, and this is very unusual and makes us wonder about human gain-of-functioning engineering. We are seeing a level of censorship worldwide - bigger than we have ever seen before, even in the medical journals which are thus becoming untrustworthy now. So, in this show we ponder what is going on. Did you know that the Pfizer submission to FDA for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) is still under EUA? The full approval has been for Biotech – in this show Dr. R. discusses the difference. You cannot have a vaccine on an EUA if there are already “early effective interventions”. Critical to keep in mind. We discuss the veracity of VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) and why this is not being discussed, tracked, and Dr. R's interpretation of the numbers. Dr. Ruwart believes, teaches, and writes that “Whoever controls your body, controls your mind.” Think, read, question, debate, learn… but stay calm. And informed. Dr. Ruwart says, “If the vaccine works, then you don't need to worry about an unvaccinated person. If the vaccine doesn't work, it makes no sense to have a mandate. Especially with something so new.” Dr. Ruwart says the research on the children 5 to 12 years old was done on a group of 2000 children. None in the experiemental nor placebo arm during this time got Covid. 5% of the children were lost to follow-up. Is this enough safety data to inject our children? Dr. Ruwart says it is something to ponder. We discuss blood labs to see if heart damage is occurring and suggest nutraceuticals to take prophylactically, especially in children and young adults, that may be heart-protective - if you decide that moving forward is the best way to go. These are suggestions based on physiology, not studies. Many studies are included below for your personal reading. Dr. Ruwart's three books, “Healing Our World,” “Short Answers to the Tough Questions,” and “Death by Regulation” are available at Amazon.

Breast implants are a very popular surgery, especially for re-construction after breast cancer. Dr. Whitfield is an experienced, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who specializes in oncologic breast reconstruction. But he was also the doctor to discover that some cases of autoimmunity, chronic fatigue, cognitive decline… start in contaminated breast implants! Dr. Whitfiled completed six years of surgical training at Indiana University Medical Center. Then a Plastic Surgery Residency. And then a Fellowship in Microsurgery and Aesthetic under Dr. William Zamboni. Dr. Whitfield began to have patients that were experiencing systemic illness, and when he removed their implants, called an “explant” procedure, he found identifiable pathogens in the tissue capsule. Treating these infections got rid of many of these systemic problems, such as chronic fatigue. This lead Dr. Whitfield to start to add more services for his clients, including nutritional and nutraceutical advice as well as personal genetic predisposition screening. Dr. Whitfield has completed over 4000 breast procedures since 2004 including over 500 implant removals.  He has the largest series of explant specimens with PCR testing. This tests the genetic sequences of pathogens, so is a highly sensitive test to identify “stealth” infections and find their appropriate medications to eradicate them. While serving as the President Elect of the Research Foundation Dr. Whitfiled also gave testimony at the FDA hearings in 2019 regarding Breast Implant iIlness (BII).

Gut health rules the basis of health. We now know that our gut cross-talks with our heart, brain and all tissues.   If your gut is unhealthy, so is the rest of you!   In this show you will learn:   What functional medicine is and why it's uniquely qualified to treat chronic illness What are elimination diets and if they're effective The mind/body connection to illness How your emotional health affects your physical health Why food sensitivities have become so common The benefits of intermittent fasting How a mental, emotional, and spiritual connection to the food you eat influences your health How a low-FODMAP diet can drastically improve your digestive system   New Book: UNFUNC YOUR GUT: Boost Your Immune System, Heal Your Gut, and Unlock Your Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health.        

In this show you will learn how hormones keep not only your skin thicker but waist thinner, but also how estrogen and progesterone are critical for boosting immune health and even treating leaky gut.     Dr. Angela DeRosa is an osteopathic physicians specializing in female health. Dr. DeRosa first got into this field because she went through peri-menopause in her 20's while attending medical school, and then experienced full-blown menopause at age 35.   When no other doctors could help her, Dr. DeRosa had to figure out how to accomplish that on her own.   As of 2021, Dr. DeRosa has been prescribing bioidentical hormone therapies for 25 years.   Dr. DeRosa also trains physicians.   In 2018, she launched The Hormonal Health Institute: Executive Instruction for MedicalProfessionals, a hormonal healthcare consultancy designed to instruct medical providers and provide practice development training on bioidentical  hormone replacement therapies.   In addition to her educational and clinical activities, Dr. DeRosa serves as the medical director for Belmar Pharma Solutions where she provides clinical and scientific technical support for all aspects hormonal therapies. Belmar pharmacy is the same facility that is “Behari Certified”, fulfilling low-dose-naltrexone scripts for $55 for a three month period.   In this show you will learn:   Males have multiple forms of FDA approved testosterone, while women have known. If the FDA succeeds in blocking compounding pharmacists from compounding bioidentical hormones, there will be NO testosterone replacement available for women! Why testosterone is one of the most important hormones for aging women. How (and why) big pharma is lobbying against bio-identical HRT The importance of custom tailoring hormone treatments instead of using a “one size fits all” approach.   Why your doctor “must” track FSH and SHBG when prescribing you hormones. Why you want to achieve a “pre-menopausal” FSH level, to improve if not normalize your blood pressure, waistline, bone density, cognition and more. Not to mention your vocal cords, to avoid “little old lady” voice. The gender gap in healthcare. How a lack of transparency in the FDA puts patient health at risk. The evidence demonstrating compounded hormones work for millions of people.   This is a must-hear conversation between two amazing women who hormone therapies have saved their own lives as well as patients they collaboratively serve. CONNECT WITH DR. DEROSA - Links DrDerosa@BelmarPharmacy.com @DrHotFlash  

In today's environment, there is science to back both polarized sides. So it is difficult for everyone and anyone to figure out the truth. It takes courage to speak science that might not be the status quo. This show is about courage. On this show you will only hear peer review facts.  We share about protective nasal sprays, how you can make them at home, and much, more. In today's dynamic dialogue you get to hear one of the most active academic physicians from Dallas, TX, Dr. Peter McCullough. In this show you will hear, backed by facts: What is going on with early intervention. What is going on with the Delta variant and vaccines. Durable immunity. ·      What's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) and how and why to interpret this. How to make nasal sprays that block viral adherence in mucous membranes. And more.   Plus, the reminder to eat your veggies. They matter!   References of these past two studies that should have made headline news everywhere, but didn't   But you got them here!   Diet quality and risk and severity of COVID-19: a prospective cohort study. Gut, 2021; gutjnl-2021-325353 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-325353   Plant-based diets, pescatarian diets and COVID-19 severity: a population-based case-control study in six countries. BMJ Nutr Prev Health. 2021 Jun 7;4(1):257-266. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2021-000272. PMID: 34308134; PMCID: PMC8219480.   Links: Check out The McCullough Report Podcast

We live in a polemic world of clashing misinformation. Especially about hormones. Including testosterone. Too many men are taken off Testosterone (T) if they get a diagnosis of prostate cancer or heart disease even though the science shows otherwise. Today's interview is with Dr. Abraham Morgentaler, Harvard urologist and world expert on Testosterone, who has done much of this science. This is a must hear conversation on hormones and health that you will want to share with your physicians and patients. Dr. Abraham Morgentaler Abraham Morgentaler, MD is an international authority on men's health and a pioneer in the treatment of testosterone deficiency in men. Dr. Morgentaler's research is credited with reversing the decades-old belief that testosterone therapy is risky for prostate cancer. Dr. Morgentaler graduated from Harvard College in 1978 and Harvard Medical School in 1982. He completed his residency in 1988 through the Harvard Program in Urology, and then joined the faculty of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. He is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery (Urology) at Harvard Medical School. In 1999, Dr. Morgentaler founded Men's Health Boston, the first center in the US to focus on sexual, reproductive, and hormonal health for men. Dr. Morgentaler was the recipient of the New Investigator Award in 1994 granted by the American Foundation of Urological Disease. Publications Dr. Morgentaler has published over 120 scientific articles on testosterone, prostate cancer, male sexual dysfunction, and male infertility. His work has appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The Journal of the American Medical Association, Cancer, and The American Journal of Medicine. He is the author of the book Why Men Fake It: The Totally Unexpected Truth About Men and Sex, which has been widely hailed as a groundbreaking exploration of male sexuality. Dr. Morgentaler's other books include Testosterone For Life: Recharge Your Vitality, Sex Drive, Muscle Mass, and Overall Health, and The Viagra Myth: The Surprising Impact on Love and Relationships. In this show you will learn: That T does NOT drive prostate cancer. How this myth started and has incorrectly affected medicine for 80 years. The known and unknown symptoms of low T. The issue with just looking at total testosterone and why you must run “free testosterone” and also “SHBG”. What lizards and men have in common? The unappreciated role of hormones in overall health and why so often our doctors don't realize this or take this into consideration when treating us. Links Why Men Fake It: The Totally Unexpected Truth About Men and Sex Testosterone For Life: Recharge Your Vitality, Sex Drive, Muscle Mass, and Overall Health The Viagra Myth: The Surprising Impact on Love and Relationships.

Dr. George C Fareed is a Harvard trained medical doctor who started out working in virology with Dr. Fauci at the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases early in his career. Then Dr. Fareed wanted to help the “underserved” . Thus, Dr. Fareed moved from Washington to east of San Diego. This is a highly agricultural area. These people are mainly of Hispanic descent with high incidence of health issues that often make them much more vulnerable to severe viral disease. In this population, Dr. Fareed recently has treated over 7,000 cases of this virus . In this highly vulnerable agricultural population that has high incidences of type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome. Remember, these are the very “co-morbidities” that increase the risk of severe reactions to the pandemic. Dr. Fareed utilized “early intervention”.  As described in the article just published by himself and a number of esteemed medical colleagues below. The national average right now, with the Delta variant, if you get the virus and get so ill you have to be hospitalized, is a rate called “hospitalization rate”. It depends on age. But the national average of being treated the typical manner, translated into 9% hospitalization rate if you are over 60 years of age. And if you are under 50 years old , the hospitalization rate s 0.4%. Dr. Fareed's office had a statistician come in and track the efficacy of his protocol. This was done on the first 4,500 patients. Their rate of how many of Dr. Fareed's patients proceeded to get a severe case and require hospitalization was only 0.07%. But Dr. Fareed's, on his patients with extreme vulnerabilities, has been statistically proven to be less than a half of a percent. It is 0.07%. So… his protocols are keeping vulnerable patients out of hospitals. The question becomes, “Why is early intervention being censored? Not available? Doctors that talk and write about it, worried they might have to go before their medical board?” Dr. Fareed is leaving to go to the Rome Covid World Summits in a few weeks and will come back on the show to share what was discussed by viral experts around the world. Dr. Fareed has a book soon coming out talking about his journey in treatment of pandemic patients. Links: How Many SARS-CoV-2-Infected People Require Hospitalization? Using Random Sample Testing to Better Inform Preparedness Efforts. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2021 May-Jun 01;27(3):246-250. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001331. PMID: 33729203. Here is an article of how Dr. Fareed helps: Low Rates of Hospitalization and Death in 4,376 COVID-19 Patients Given Early Ambulatory Medical and Supportive Care. A Case Series and Observational Study. Multifaceted highly targeted sequential multidrug treatment of early ambulatory high-risk SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) - PubMed (nih.gov) https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.28.21250706v1.full-text  

When you are in severe pain what are your safest options? Also, how not to become worse down the road from short term fixes? Consider regenerative medicine. Dr. Berkson's personal experience, and yes, if you watch this interview on YouTube, that's the table it all happened on. A few months ago, Dr. Berkson was supposed to fly from Austin Texas to Houston to give an 8-hour continuing medical education, all day class, for physicians. But a few days before all this,  she woke-up with her right leg so in pain, she could not walk let alone stand. She called Dr. David Harris, a Board-Certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Board-Certified Pain Medicine specialist, who specializes in safe regenerative procedures. Usually he is booked for up to 9 months, but there was an atypical cancellation. Most patients would get a steroid epidural. But as we age, we get more complicated. Dr. Berkson has an eye condition that can't handle steroids. Thus, Dr. Harris, a pain “whisperer” (but all based in science) created a safer alternative epidural made of ozone, B12, sterile homeopathic Traumel, with a dash of steroid. Dr. Berkson was then able to fly, stand and lecture all day, and go on to live her regular life without pain or disability. It all happened at Dr. Harris's clinic called “Charm”: The Center for Healing and Regenerative Medicine.  They provide “non-surgical” answers for pain that help joints heal without making them worse in the long run, as repetitive steroid treatments have now been shown to do. Dr. David K. Harris is a physiatrist in Austin, Texas. Physiatrists are physicians who specialize in helping patients with disabilities.  Without surgery. Their focus is rehabilitation, restoration of function and a return to a high quality of life. His clinic offers prolotherapies, platelet rich plasma, and stem cell injections. Dr. Harris's wife is a physical therapist, so this is one-stop shopping. Their PA, Michelle Hall is a superb practitioner, too. Dr. Berkson witnessed first-hand how helpful this medicine can be. Ten years ago she had referred a 60-year-old man with half his rotator cuff missing, who had not been able to move his arm for 6 months. All other doctors insisted that his only option was to have surgery. Shoulder surgery is not for the faint of heart. With very long recovery times. Dr. Harris, avoiding surgery, performed his special medical regenerative injections. Within three months, that man's shoulder was as good as new, and continues to be this way up to today. Without painful, expensive surgery or drugs. There are only about 187 doctors nationally who do what Dr. Harris has learned to do, and many of these doctors have been trained by Dr. Harris. Got pain? Consider regenerative medicine and the Charm clinic in Austin, Texas. Link to clinic: https://charmaustin.com/

Leo Galland MD is an internist and author of medical books including Superimmunity for Kids, The Four Pillars of Healing, Power Healing, and The Fat Resistance Diet. Based in New York City, Galland is a regular columnist for Huffington Post, writing about various issues in integrated medicine. Dr. Berkson and Dr. Galland have lectured at the same conferences for decades. They have even co-formulated some nutraceutical lines - decades back. Dr. Galland being in NYC started to treat Covid patients early on. Dr. G has also written deep scientific dives about it. Presently his focus is on healing long covid cases. In this show you will learn: What to do to treat long Covid Who is at risk of Long Covid? What nutrient and dosage boosts mitochondrial function often damaged by Covid-19 The name of the probiotic that boosts alpha interferon vs. gamma interferon What estrogen has to do with alpha interferon. What progesterone has to do with BDNF. What nutrients boost BDNF and why you should care. What is butyrate and why is it important to keep making it The Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Harvard study that showed how many veggies a day protected against Covid and what about keto? Why having high enterococcus faecalis in your stool is not great for Covid and how to check. And much more, whew. You do NOT want to miss this show. Links: Website Protocols  (free eBooks) Healing Long Covid (video) Your Brain After Covid-19  (PowerPoint Presentation) Understanding Long Covid: a comprehensive presentation for health professionals Covid & The Gut Microbiome with Dr. Leo Galland, MD& Dr. Berkson

Dr. Pamela Smith is one of the most well-known lecturers in functional medicine. She started out as a family practice and ER doctor but has moved into the arena of functional medicine, hormones and protocols to heal. Dr. Pamela Smith is the founder of The Fellowship in Anti-Aging. She created the modules for this 5-year board certification program where doctors learn how to become “functional practitioners” – all based on science. Dr. Smith and  Dr. Berkson lecture frequently together at these modules and at other conferences. For example, Dr. Smith and Dr. Berkson gave a two-day conference for pharmacists in Salt Lake City two years ago. Dr. Smith is also a prolific author. She has her new book out called Max Immunity.  This show is all about how to keep healthy especially in a pandemic. In this show you will learn: How to maximize immunity using specific nutraceuticals and medications The two parts of your immune system and timing of nutrients and medications Hormones and the immune system Sugar/alcohol and the immune system Gut health Metformin's role in immunity And… why it is never too late to improve your gut health, and thus, your overall immunity. There are lots of clinical pearls in here. You do NOT want to miss this show. Some of Dr. Smith's great books: Max Your Immunity https://www.amazon.com/Max-Your-Immunity-Maximize-Immune/dp/0757005128/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2UZIU9W8LTNXF&dchild=1&keywords=max+your+immunity+smith&qid=1628513030&sprefix=max+your+immunity+smith%2Caps%2C230&sr=8-1 Women's Hormones Vitamins, Minerals Herbs and More

Jim Hrncir, owner of Las Colinas Pharmacy, Compounding & Wellness in Irving, Texas, has received plenty of accolades during his nearly 40-year pharmacy career. Jim was named PCCA Compounding Pharmacist of the Year in 2017. PCCA is the company that makes many of the bases and formulas that compounding pharmacists use. PCCA also trains compounding pharmacists and MDs in yearly functional medicine courses (where Dr. Berkson often lectures). Jim is the ‘go-to guru' teaching and giving advice to physicians for many compounded prescriptions. Recently, Jim was invited to testify in front of the National Academy of Health Sciences, who were given a task by the FDA to review the legality and compoundabilty of bioidentical hormones. In this show, you will learn what is going on with our rights to keep getting bioidentical hormones. Jim discusses doses, bases, controversies and more. In this show you will learn what are bioidentical hormones and how they make can make a huge difference in your life. They are the most powerful tool that we have to slow aging down. They are safe, effective and protect your brain against the big “C” cognitive decline. In this show you will learn of the studies showing that hormone replacement reduces the risk of cognitive decline by 50 to almost 80%, with the natural molecules (the bioidentical hormones vs. the patented synthetic ones) having even more protection. This was shown by a large insurance study on 400,000 patients tracking their cognition and their hormonal therapies history. This show is a powerhouse of amazing information. You can ask your compounding pharmacist to ask Jim about his creative and effective protocols. You can reach listen to some of his talks at his pharmacy's web site: https://www.lascolinaspharmacy.com/

Jack W. Moncrief, MD Dr. Moncrief has been in practice almost 50 years and was honored as one of the 7 physicians that made kidney medicine what it is today. In this show you will learn why and get in on a great conversation between colleagues and old friends. Dr. Moncrief and Dr. Berkson worked together in his clinic and dialysis center for almost 10 years. Both, together with Dr. Kenneth Burton, co-invented and worked on a combination drug/herb pharmaceutical and published original research shown below. Listen to Learn In this show you will learn how telemedicine got its start with an Austin kidney doctor wanting to do dialysis in faraway cities. By the nephrologist Dr. Jack Moncrief. Dr. Moncrief was the firsts doctor to do organ transplantation, dialysis, and dialysis in an infant, here in Texas. You hear about kidney health as well as how to treat brown recluse spider bites, so it doesn't become an acute medical emergency requiring surgeries and wound care. You also hear about nitroglycerin and its application in medicine. Also amazing is that Dr. Moncrief is still “seeing” patients, though mostly over telemedicine. But not all. So if you have any kidney issues that you need a set of truly experienced eyes on, you may want to reach out to him. Dr. Moncrief's accomplishments: Co-inventor and patent holder primary self/home dialysis procedure (CAPD) continuous parenteral ambulatory dialysis Nephrology practice 40 years Austin Biomedical research Moncrief-Popovich Research Institute Dialysis and Transplant practice First dialysis in newborn infant Their study: Free Radic Biol Med 2013 May;58:46-51.  doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.01.020. Epub 2013 Jan 29. Acute effects of hemodialysis on nitrite and nitrate: potential cardiovascular implications in dialysis patients Nathan S Bryan 1, Ashley C Torregrossa, Asad I Mian, D Lindsey Berkson, Christian M Westby, Jack W Moncrief   DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.01.020 Abstract Cardiovascular mortality in dialysis patients remains a serious problem. It is 10 to 20 times higher than in the general population. No molecular mechanism has been proven to explain this increased mortality, although nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated. The objective of our study was to determine the extent of the removal of the NO congeners nitrite and nitrate from plasma and saliva by hemodialysis, as this might disrupt physiological NO bioactivity and help explain the health disparity in dialysis patients. Blood and saliva were collected at baseline from patients on dialysis and blood was collected as it exited the dialysis unit. Blood and saliva were again collected after 4-5h of dialysis. In the 27 patients on dialysis, baseline plasma nitrite and nitrate by HPLC were 0.21±0.03 and 67.25±14.68 μM, respectively. Blood immediately upon exit from the dialysis unit had 57% less nitrite (0.09±0.03 μM; P=0.0008) and 84% less nitrate (11.04 μM; P=0.0003). After 4-5h of dialysis, new steady-state plasma levels of nitrite and nitrate were significantly lower than baseline, 0.09±0.01 μM (P=0.0002) and 16.72±2.27 μM (P=0.001), respectively. Dialysis also resulted in a significant reduction in salivary nitrite (232.58±75.65 to 25.77±10.88 μM; P=0.01) and nitrate (500.36±154.89 to 95.08±24.64 μM; P=0.01). Chronic and persistent depletion of plasma and salivary nitrite and nitrate probably reduces NO bioavailability and may explain in part the increased cardiovascular mortality in the dialysis patient.

Dr. Barrie Tan Dr. Barrie Tan is a Ph.D. in chemistry and biochemistry. Dr. Tan is considered one of the world's foremost experts on Vitamin E. Vitamin E is not regarded as so sexy or trendy. But it has 8 family members, 4 that are tocopherols and 4 that are tocotrienols. And boy, has Dr. Tan's many decades of research unveiled the healing aspect of tocotrienols. And the healing aspect of an Amazon plant, the annatto plant, that contains 100% tocotrienols. The Beginning The story all starts with the Amazonian annatto plant (Bixa Orellana) that was discovered by Francesco de Orellana (in the 1550s) and continues in the 1700s when the British called it the ‘lipstick plant' to today where Estee Lauder uses it in their lip products. The red oil from the annatto seed is used as a natural coloring in cheeses like cheddar, and is found in other foods like ice cream, meats, crackers, salad dressing, tortilla chips, even mac and cheese but.. it even helps fight cancer. One of the successful human trials that Dr. Tan has done is on ovarian cancer. In this show you will learn the dosage and the delivery mode of annatto-E. And why perhaps you might even consider it as an addition to your daily nutraceuticals. Check it out! I am adding this to my dailies! Links: Dr. Tan's book: The Truth about Vitamin E: The Secret to Thriving with Annatto Tocotrienols Websites: https://www.barrietan.com https://www.americanrivernutrition.com

Dr. Sabine Hazan-Steinberg is a gastroenterologist and hepatologist. She has been the principal investigator on over 22 peer review published medical trials. Dr. Hazan has published studies on Covid and our biome and has a new paper coming out on the specific role of one bacteria in our gut that makes us more vulnerable to Covid infections as well as enhanced severity. Dr. Hazan is past Chief of Medicine at Community Memorial Hospital. She has spent the last several decades doing deep dives into fecal transplant research, biomes and the link with overall health as well as specific diseases. In this show you will learn: What the biome has to do with our health and the top issues and foods that make a biome unhealthy. What “biome diversity” means and if you want it, or not. How fecal transplant eliminated disease in some patients and increased it in others. How pathogenic gut infections, even C. diff, is more an issue of loss of “balance” of a healthy biome rather than the virulence of that particular microbe. The role of gut biome health and Covid. Risk vs. benefit of scientific medical research. Early intervention Covid protocols, and more. You will also learn some of the best and easiest “probiotic foods” to consume such as umeboshi plum paste, and where to get it. This is a dynamic conversation about the reality of the health of the gut and diverse diseases from autism to severe upper respiratory tract infections. Dr. Hazen is one of the world's experts on the genetics of the gut biome and now you get to hear it straight from the experts.

The world is in a mess. Of course, life on this planet earth has mostly been a chaotic entanglement of grace, grit and trauma for eons. But how to face the chaos without killing yourself before your time. And, having an enjoyable and successful life no matter what. How do others who have faced unbelievable cruelty and violence, come out better than ever and with many rupees in the bank? This show is an amazing story of how to succeed after life-changing setbacks. Dr. Berkson interviews long time meditator ——so you hear the “calm” and “stability” in Joshua Greene’s voice.  Joshua is a biographer. Stories of people’s lives hold so much for our own. His latest book, UNSTOPPABLE the story of Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend) Joshua clearly describes how someone under incredible duress, can put it behind them while exploding successfully forward. In this captivating interview, Joshua and Dr. B discover they have some of the same dear friends and have walked in each other’s moccasins. And, neither of them knew this before this chat. You hear about lessons for morphing angst into calm and success. You will feel so much better for having heard this conversation! Link: Unstoppable the book: https://www.amazon.com/Unstoppable-Astonishing-Auschwitz-Penniless-Immigrant/dp/164722215X

Age is just a number and mine is unlisted! But we are judged by our age. Recently, also, science has shown that those that “feel younger” longer have less inflammation, cognitive decline, severe diseases and achieve longer lives. In this show you learn from the first lady of nutrition, Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman, all about specific anti-aging steps in her latest book, Radical Longevity.   How and why to take Vitamin C to bowel tolerance How immunity is everything and what proline and lysine have to do with it. The vitamin C – collagen “face lift”. Why you don’t want to eat AGE’s and which foods are high and how in AGE’s How to marinate food to avoid/lower AGEs Stop toxic overload to maintain healthier transit time and you “migrating motor complex” How and why to free up fascia How to activate cellular rejuvenation with specific nutrients The mind gut link as most neurotransmitters are made in the gut How and why macadamia nut oil is worth a few more dollars Which soluble fiber? The emerging use of “lipid- based B1” for cognition and neurodegeneration And more!   You also get to hear what Dr. Ann eats throughout her day! And a few recipes. And fun between two long-time colleagues and friends!   Link to Dr. Ann’s newest book.  

Dr. Hooman Noorchashm Physician-scientist Dr. Hooman Noorchashm is an advocate for patient safety, ethics and women’s health. He specializes in cardiothoracic surgery and has taught and practiced medicine for nearly two decades. When his wife, also a doctor, Dr. Amy Reed, tragically (and needlessly) passed away from complications of an FDA approved gynecologist procedure that is still in essence performed today, Dr. Noorchashm began his new incarnation of patient advocacy of do no harm. Dr. Noorchashm now brings this perspective to why some people may have adverse effects from the vaccine. And how this might translate into who should or should not get the vaccine. As well as how we might test this ourselves. Faculty appointments for Dr. Noorchashm's include positions at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and the Philadelphia VA Hospital. In addition to peer-reviewed publications, he has authored medical book chapters and has lectured at several annual medical meetings and conferences. In 2017, Dr. Noorchashm founded the American Patient Defense Union, Inc. which he describes as “a union of, by and for patients — capable of providing adequately powered liability signals to the corporate healthcare establishment so that it can improve and evolve.” In this show you will learn: Dr. Noorchashm’s theory of why vaccine complications might be happening. How you can test yourself. Dr. Noorchashm’s points and discussion of how everyone should be screened before getting the vaccine. About early intervention. and Why biopsying fibroids before removal makes sense. Faculty appointments for Dr. Noorchashm's include positions at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and the Philadelphia VA Hospital. In addition to peer-reviewed publications, he has authored medical book chapters and has lectured at several annual medical meetings and conferences. In 2017, Dr. Noorchashm founded the American Patient Defense Union, Inc. which he describes as “a union of, by and for patients — capable of providing adequately powered liability signals to the corporate healthcare establishment so that it can improve and evolve.” Links: American Patient Defense Union

Dr. Peter McCullough is an internist, cardiologist , professor of medicine at Texas A and M University School of Medicine at the Baylor Campus and co-editor of two major medical journals. Dr. McCullough has testified in front of the Texas Senate that what is missing in our battle of the Pandemic, is “early intervention”. Once diagnosed, what can we do at home (along with a smart doctor’s help) to avoid ending up in the ER or ICU. Dr. Peter McCullough believes that Covid is treatable with a combination of medications. Hear the exact ones diverse doctors are successfully using.   Dr. McCullough feels that there have been “world-wide” blunders in how Covid has been addressed by healthy communities and governments around the globe.   In this show you will learn: Who are the best candidates for the vaccine? Who may not be safe candidates for the vaccine? What combination of medications helps Covid and at what stages of the illness that your doctors should know about? Retracted papers on hydroxychloroquine and why the previously prestigious Lancet has lost some of its prestige. We have randomized trials on Ivermectin but issues with the ones the WHO held as highest. What nutrients are helpful, though not curative, the list you need to know. The controversy of “durable antibodies”. Who is really guilty of “flawed thinking” and who is not? And more!  

Robb Wolf is a former research biochemist and two time New York Times best selling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired To Eat.  Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his top ranked iTunes podcast, books and seminars. Robb also was a review editor for the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism and as a consultant for the Naval Special Warfare Resiliency program. In this show you will learn: What is the Paleo diet? What does Robb Wolf eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Is rice allowed? Why, according to this philosophy, are legumes and grains foods to be consumed “carefully”. What about the carnivore diet? You also hear a discussion the possible role of food in the violence we are seeing in the US today, and more! Links https://robbwolf.com/

Screen time and prolonged exposure to unhealthy blue light has skyrocketed over the past year as we’ve all been stuck inside during the pandemic. We’ve developed new habits that aren’t likely to change as we get back to our older lives. So, how can we protect our eyes against blue light exposure and the growing risk of macular degeneration? In this show you learn the top 4 answers: Proper nutrition Supplementation Blue blocking glasses, and Screen filters   You will learn : Which spectrum of light is most damaging to your eyes? How to pick the best protective blue light glasses from the worst. How to know if the blue-blocking glasses are working.   You will learn about a medical food that has the highest level of protective eye pigments and nutrients of anything on the market (link to Lumega-Z is below). You will learn which nutraceutical is the only one to have all three pigments. Link is below.  Too many ophthalmologists and optometrists leave “nutrition” and “life-style” out of their conversations with patients. Too much health care is reactive. Most people don’t think of their eyes till they face an emergency. Dr. Rani wants you and your loved ones to start protecting their eye future, now. Dr. Rani offers a free webinar and an online training course that might be of interest to your listeners. The Macular Degeneration Masterclass is a FREE one-hour webinar offered every Wednesday at 5:00pm ET/2:00pm PT and gives listeners 3 critical things to know to prevent vision loss. Eat Right For Your Sight...And Beyond will teach your listeners the science-backed, eye-healthy nutritional and lifestyle strategies to protect and preserve eyesight through 4 comprehensive weekly modules.   Links: Eye Medical Food link:  Lumega-Z medical food: https://lumegaz.com/ MacuHealth can be purchased for $5 discount and free shipping at:  https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/drlindseyberkson

In this show you hear two old friends and colleagues talk about the early beginnings of functional medicine. And the nutraceutical industry. In this show you will learn: How and why, Jonathan Rothchild decided to open up one of the first nutraceutical companies. And why cater to ultra-sensitive person and unique needs. Fat soluble thiamin, why it is so helpful with cognitive issues. Time-release niacin and its role in keeping lipids safe. You will want to buy only organic citrus at the moment. Why? Two hormone-disrupting fungicides “imazalil” and “thiabendazole were detected on nearly 90 percent of non-organic citrus fruit samples in tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group (EWG).  Both chemicals are linked to higher incidences of childhood cancers. The highest levels of imazalil and thiabendazole were found on mandarins, including clementine’s, followed by oranges and then grapefruit. You will want to mainly eat organic kale. Why? Inorganic kale has now been put third on the list of the EWG’s dirty dozen worst polluting foods. Ecological Formulas offers a large line of products, including Authia, the company’s transdermal cream that delivers Vitamin B1 and B12 directly into the bloodstream. Ecological Formulas also offers Vitamin C in a cream for those who are unable to take supplements orally.   Links: Ecological Formulas (888) 933-2759 Environmental Working Group https://www.ewg.org/

Dr. Austin Perlmutter is an internist and co-author of the NY Times Bestselling book: Brain Wash:Detox Your Mind for Clearer Thinking, Deeper Relationships, and Lasting Happiness. Dr. Perlmutter is a unique doctor that teaches tools to become more mindful in today’s mind-boggling times. In this show you will hear a fascinating conversation addressing: Why so many people are so quick to take offense? How our “moment to moment” choices influence our reactions to our “is-ness”. What are we getting wrong when it comes to making better choices.  How can we get ahead of bad decisions? What is the role of diet in our thinking? And reacting? How the gut microbiome influences how we see our world? The relationship between mood disorders and our choices.  Dr. Perlmutter is a word-smith. This show is an enlightening, almost poetic – yet science-based — conversation about the ‘cultural angst’ unfolding today. You will learn exact steps for rising above the anger and despair. You will learn specific tools to help you find healthier emotional footings. All based on peer-review literature. Put together in a user-friendly manual manner. Take a look at Dr. Perlmutter's book, Brain Wash, here.   

In this show you will learn: Variants of highest concern are infectious, virulent, and evade human immune surveillance. The more people that get Covid, the more we are exposed to new variants. The UK variant, called the “Kent Variant” is more infectious and more virulent and may be a hide-and-seek new “strain” that can make more numbers of people ill, with increasing fatality rates, too. Not everyone has access to” functional interventions”, or doctors to order them (like Ivermectin, nutrients and even nebulized glutathione) so… we need a variety of protective actions. Many states are relaxing mitigation strategies, which is not the best approach right now because "we may be facing our biggest challenge yet" with the UK variant. And… perhaps… more scariant, variants to come. Vaccines are not the only answer. But they not only boost antibody production, they also educate your B and T cells to be able to address new mutations. If the antibody production didn’t work, the memory in your immune system is great “back-up”. Scientifically this means: Vaccines produce two measurable responses (aside from clinical outcome) -- neutralizing antibody titers plus t-cell reactivity. What is clear is that the longer millions of people are infected, the more mutations there will be. We refer to some of these mutations as scariant, as they are becoming more virulent on a variety of levels and already we are closing in on 550,000 Americans having died from Covid. At the same time learning that certain states have “under-count” these cases. While we wait for new vaccine supplies, experts suggest we should consider alternative vaccination plans: Get more people vaccinated, including delaying the second dose to 6-8 weeks after the first; giving a single dose to people with prior COVID-19 infection; and giving a half-dose of the Moderna vaccine. We need to get up on what else is helpful that we can do in our own homes. Science is building a great case that Vitamin D blood levels effect your COVID outcomes. Vitamin D levels over 30 ng/mL are linked to less severe cases of COVID while blood levels under 12 ng/mL are linked to higher risk of ending up in the ICU and intubated. Take Vitamin D. Know your level. Work with your savvy practitioner on this if you need to. Avoid high-fructose corn syrup. It inactivates vitamin D even if you supplement or hang out in the sun. Eat well. Rest well. Take protective nutrients that we have discussed in other shows (such as zinc, melatonin, Vitamin A, N-acetylcysteine, resveratrol) and more. Vaccines are only part of the way to stop this pandemic, which is presently 5 times more fatal than the flu. But this is the statistical virulence and fatality rate of the original mutations, not the newer more scariant ones.

In this show you will learn: How much alcohol consumption is safe (especially after age 40). Asthmatics get a leg up with COVID. Urinary Tract Infections to-do’s and not to-do’s. Issues with plastic toys and cancer in your kids. We also discuss the frustrations and fears that the pandemic has uncovered. We share Jeff Foster’s “The Exquisite Risk of Being Human”. You will also learn what brain derived neurotrophic factors are, how they relate to anti-depressants, and how hormones like estrogen and progesterone play a role in “neurotrophins”.

Dr. Galland is a pioneer in studying the impact of intestinal microbes (the gut microbiome) and overall health, especially with excessive gut wall permeability (“leaky gut”). A graduate of Harvard University and New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Galland is board-certified in internal medicine listed in the Leading Physicians of the World and America’s Top Doctors. In this show, Dr Galland explains what types of dysbiosis may lead to increased vulnerabilities of getting COVID-19. And, conversely, how Covid might adversely affect the gut microbiome. Dr. Galland explains and names, which nutraceuticals and probiotics may protect against getting COVID and may reduce severity of cases once you contract it.. Dr. Galland discusses specific “nasal sprays” that are being investigated and can be prescribed and compounded by compounding pharmacists. These prevent infection and may be used by people who need to continue to work jobs of high exposure such as teachers, students and those like Dr. Berkson that have to continue to travel. They are safe even for children. Dr. Galland gives the exact formula for a mouth wash you can make at home to help if you get infected. In this show you hear an in-depth discussion on how Covid gets into the body, what molecules the protein uses to adhere to ACE receptors, and how “heparin” may be a key in protection from kids to adults. Heparin is inexpensive, safe and a “heparin nasal spray” is coming commercially within a year, being researched by the University of Massachusetts. In this show you are guided as to where you can get the specific formula (for free) to your physician to get a script if they agree to it. You also hear an in-depth, scientific discussion on vaccines. Learn which companies are making the vaccines available for no profit to themselves, what are the differences between the companies, and who is acting in greedy ways and how. This is a “must-hear” and “must-not miss” show. Please, pass this show on to help others and our planet as well.     Links: Go to drgalland.com for the FREE Covid guide (contains the script for your doctor to order the heparin nasal spray) and Covid and Microbiome Guide (to find out which probiotics and gut tests to order). Link to FREE Covid blog Dr. Berkson wrote in April, published as main article in Townsend Letter In June 2020, second half recommends nutrients and citations. Prophylaxis and in Acute Condition. https://drlindseyberkson.com/coronavirus-article-mar17/

Sanity is a precious thing. There are so many divergent yet “loud” commentaries and opinions on vaccines, this divergence is threatening much of our sanity as well as humanity. (Boy…  that rhymed)! Dale Harrison is a senior biotech executive with more than 20 years of experience in research physics and the biotech industry. Mr. Harrison is currently working with companies developing new clinical diagnostic platforms such as developing a CRISPR-based Covid over-the-counter test. Thus, Mr. Harrison has been writing, researching, and assessing what is going on with Covid, and Covid vaccines. In this show you will learn: What is an mRNA vaccine? The difference between a “sterilizing vaccine” (measles vaccine) vs. a “non-sterilizing vaccine” (COVID vaccines). How vaccines offer “disease immunity” and what this means for your risk of dying from Covid. The statistical risk of dying from Covid (in 2021) in those 15 -year old's and older. The risks in people with serious autoimmune diseases of getting COVID vs. getting the vaccine. Why there is so much inaccurate vaccine information out in “cyber space” even by top physicians and Nobel Laureate winners. Dale’s take on what happened to the elderly that died in Norway post-vaccine. Why you need to wait 90 days after having COVID before you can safely get the vaccine. Which vaccine does he think we should avoid? Once you get the vaccine… then what?   Will we still need “mitigating behaviors” after getting the vaccine? How will these behaviors be different from mitigating behaviors pre-vaccine? Dale and Dr. B agree to disagree on Lysosomotropic agents. How to safely go back to dense activity sports, like the gym or dancing, once you have been vaccinated. Or not. Molecular mimicry beyond the respiratory tract, a nuance of Covid. If we drop all mitigation efforts, even with full vaccine compliance, Dale discusses how the virus will go fully endemic and almost everyone will catch Covid-19 once or twice a year. There will possibly be many more deaths, unless we as a country are guided in nutrients, easy to use at home anti-virals, and more education on keeping our personal immune systems healthy. Recent Publications by Dale Harrison Covid Updates Newsletter https://dalewharrison.substack.com/ Results from the AstraZeneca/Oxford Vaccine Trials https://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/results-from-the-astrazenecaoxford Covid Vaccines Confer No Sterilizing Immunity https://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/covid-vaccines-confer-no-sterilzing New UK Coronavirus Variant https://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/new-uk-coronavirus-variant Covid – YEAR 1 https://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/covid-year-1 Covid Testing & Autoimmune Disease https://dalewharrison.substack.com/p/covid-testing-and-autoimmune-disease

In this show: We take a deep dive into Vitamin D = discipline Facing fears by being armed with knowledge that you can personalize Censorship in medicine and what to personally do about it Obsession with speed is an “anti-path” to contentment How mitochondria have their own genome. Exercise turns on mitochondria hormones (MTOS-c) and genes to boost better mitochondrial-whole body “cross-talk” Better to sleep ‘deeper’ than’ longer’ to clear your brain of waste. And more.   References: MOTS-c is an exercise-induced mitochondrial-encoded regulator of age-dependent physical decline and muscle homeostasis. Nature Communications, 2021; 12 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20790-0   A deep sleep stage in Drosophila with a functional role in waste clearance. Science Advances, 2021; 7 (4): eabc2999

Dr. David Brownstein is a Board-Certified, family physician and the Medical Director of the Center for Holistic Medicine in West Bloomfield, Michigan.   In this show, Dr. Brownstein shares his experience with patients and viral infections. Dr. Brownstein was told by the FTC to take down his blogs in which he shared this approach. In response, Dr. Brownstein went on to publish his clinic’s data successfully treating 107 patients in a medical journal, and to write his latest book: Holistic Approaches to Viruses.   In this show you will learn about: How heavy metals suppress immunity and hormones. Provocation vs. blood testing for heavy metals Potential heavy metal issues with Bone Broth The main nutraceuticals that support immune response to infection Holistic IV’s Censorship vs. freedom in health care LongCovid details And more.   Guest Links Website – Dr. Brownstein Books – Dr. Brownstein Shop

In this episode you will learn: Levels of bias/censorship in today’s medicine especially surrounding COVID and hormones Testimony of Pierre Kory, MD to Homeland Security Committee Meeting: Focus on Early Treatment of COVID-19 December 8, 2020 - transcript is at https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Testimony-Kory-2020-12-08.pdf You can go to https://covid19criticalcare.com/math-hospital-treatment/ to learn about protocols for prophylaxis (protection) and treatment - not standard of care at this time The meta-analysis of 28 studies on the “drug that cannot be named” can be viewed at ivmmeta.com Kahlil Gibran wrote Our Children, this is discussed per parent/child interactions of world-life viewpoints vs. censorship and cultural viewpoints Estrogen and Progesterone’s role in regulation of fear Progesterone as an anti-anxiety hormone Estrogen’s role in ease of achieving healthy “portion sizes” The role of sex hormones in protection against the 2nd most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide in women: colorectal cancer (CRC). Risk of CRC is increased 30% for women undergoing hysterectomy with both ovaries removed; increased risk of 24% if no ovaries are removed (as often hormones do not work optimally after hysterectomy even if ovaries are left in) The risk of CRC after oophorectomy gradually increases with age at surgery. Risk is increased( 66% ) within first 4 years after surgery. This suggests that women with susceptibility genes for ovarian cancer or metrocarcinoma are candidates for oophorectomy or hysterectomy, but women “not” at high risk for these cancers, should be careful about oophorectomies or hysterectomies, and especially life style choices within the first 5 years after surgery should they get it. Health benefits of the “forgotten estrogen” – estriol, especially for autoimmune illnesses such as Multiple Sclerosis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, etc. The unappreciated role of “natural estriol” in protecting the “central nervous system” by binding to estrogen receptors in the immune system, brain, and the spinal cord. A 2017 review found that estriol protects against “many inflammatory autoimmune” disease markers.    

Everyone is struggling to cope during these unprecedented times. In this show we discuss “wherever you go - there you are” and “wherever you don’t go - there you are, too.” In this show you will learn: Our new pandemic vocabulary Overcoming emotional inflammation Making friends with your triggers How self-compassion starts the process Why President Abraham Lincoln, in his inaugural speech, addressed “The Decency of Angels” How to morph “pandemic paralysis” into “hope” and “renewal” Helpful concept of “isness” and milking it for nourishment Practice, notice, breathe... all necessary tools for “soul sculpting” toward “peace”. Nothing is as it seems, which gives us elbow room to “re-frame”. Life will break you unless you know how to invite it in for tea. If you have followed me for long you know how important and valuable Dr. Alan Crandall was to me as a physician in my own personal health journey as well as his role as a colleague. His passing has been heavy on my heart this year. Click here to view the Celebration of Life for Dr. Alan S. Crandall. He was greatly love and will be greatly missed.  

In this show you hear the visionary Dr. David’s Brownstein’s explanation and deep dive into: Why medicine is so slow to embrace natural answers that works. Not all hormones are equal - learn about progestins vs. progesterone. How hormones protect you against heart disease. How statins threaten testosterone and other hormone levels, learn how and how this indirectly ups your risk of heart disease. You can be “allergic” to hormones, and how to “de-sensitize hormones”. On HRT but having reactions? What to consider. What to do if you gain weight taking hormone therapies? What if your breast tissue enlarges on hormone therapies? Criticisms of some hormonal peer-review trials. The link between birth control pills and the increased incidence of breast cancer in the US. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) - what is it and how it’s partly a pharmaceutical scam. And more!     Dr. David Brownstein is a Board-Certified family physician and is one of the foremost practitioners of holistic medicine.   He is the Medical Director of the Center for Holistic Medicine in West Bloomfield; MI. Dr. Brownstein has lectured internationally to physicians and others about his success in using natural hormones and nutritional therapies in his practice. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Brownstein is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College for the Advancement in Medicine. He is the father of two beautiful girls, Hailey and Jessica, and has been happily married to his wife, Allison, for over 25 years.   Links   Take a look at Dr. Brownstein’s privately formulated supplements. https://www.drbrownstein.com/purezen-health-supplements/   Dr. Brownstein’s website and books: https://www.drbrownstein.com/        

In this show you will learn: Why COVID is less harmful during pregnancy but more harmful once the baby is born, for the mom that is. The protective role of sex steroid hormones, how they are anti-inflammatory, reshape competency of immune cells, stimulate antibody production, promote respiratory epithelial cell repair, and even inhibit COVID from binding to the ACE2 receptor, the door of access for the novel coronavirus. You will learn why pregnant women are 15 times less likely to die from COVID vs women who are not pregnant. The new information about face masks that could help stop the pandemic in its tracks if 70% of us acted on it. The poetic thoughts of an ER doc on “Ignoring the Sins of our Patients. How being bombed into bits and pieces might have some positive redeeming curricular aspects. As always, so much more. If you like this blend of smart + heart, go to www.drlindseyberkson.com/membership and get more of deep satisfying dives together. Be well. Dr. “BE”!

Today’s world is stressful for everyone that owns a brain. This show describes a FREE, EASY and FAST way to retrain your brain to de-stress. This method is called “Binaural Beat”. (Sometimes referred to as Binaural Beat Therapy.) With a few 20-minute sessions, you can get your brain to relax - as if you were a seasoned meditator.  You can use your smart headphones or simply buy some inexpensive headphones, to be used along with a free app on your phone. In this show you will learn: What are “Binaural Beats” What Binaural Beats do inside your brain How Binaural Beats can calm your brain or intensify your orgasms (referred to in this way as “mindgasms”) The safety of Binaural Beats and who should NOT use it. How your brain “beats” and “sounds” when you are in deep sleep, in state of calm, in a state of agitation and in a tantric state. How the concept of Binaural Beats has been used in war and in peace marches. Mike and Dr. Lindsey waxing on about the “dog beach” they visited yesterday and what it means to be in “sync” with someone. What is brain “entrainment” and how it affects you, your relationships and your brain. And, in addition, Why and how melatonin protects you against “getting” Covid and “reduces complications from COVID” even in the ICU. Any headphone works. The ones that have cushioning on the sides minimize bone conduction to brain sound, so it gives the most optimal effect. But you don’t have to use cushioned headphones, this is just an explanation of why they are the top of the line for these purposes. Links: FREE App (get from the App store on your phone): Binaural Beats Generator+ Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/binaural-beats-generator/id1206442552 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tmsoft.whitenoise.generator.beats&hl=en_US&gl=US References: https://kn-studio.com/what-are-binaural-beats-and-is-it-possible-to-achieve-orgasm-by-just-listening-to-it/What are binaural beats and is it possible to achieve orgasm by just listening to it? Posted on May 3, 2019by Jerald Doll Efficacy of binaural auditory beats in cognition, anxiety, and pain perception: a meta-analysis. Psychol Res. 2019 Mar;83(2):357-372. doi: 10.1007/s00426-018-1066-8. Epub 2018 Aug 2. PMID: 30073406.

Dr. Robert Nagourney is a leading authority in how to keep cancer patients living longer. Dr. Nagourney is an agile thinker. Few physicians are triple board certified which he is in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology and Hematology. Dr. Nagourney is also recognized for the introduction of Cisplatin/Gemcitabine doublets in treatment of advanced ovarian and breast cancers. Dr. Nagourney is a recognized pioneer in cancer research and personalized cancer treatment for the past several decades so this show is an eye opener from someone who knows what they are talking about. And may hold some critical answers for you, your loved ones or patients. In this show you will learn: The difference between genetic and biological interventions in cancer. What is “functional profiling”? How does functional profiling help keep cancer patients alive. What are “lurking” cancer stem cells. How you can find out which medications are specifically targeted for your tumor cells, not based on your genes but on the “personality” and “mass” of some of your tumor cells. Standard of care vs. functional profiling And more. With more than 20 years of experience in human tumor primary culture analyses, Dr. Nagourney has authored more than 100 manuscripts, book chapters and abstracts including publications in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute and British Journal of Cancer. Links: Nagourney Cancer Institute https://www.nagourneycancerinstitute.com/ His book Outliving Cancer: The Better Smarter Way to Treat Your Cancer https://www.amazon.com/Outliving-Cancer-Robert-Nagourney-M-D/dp/1591203066/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=books+nagourney&qid=1606088744&sr=8-1

In this show you will learn: How vitamin A helps you lose weight and why you shouldn’t leave home without it. How hypothyroidism, even hidden—known as “subclinical hypothyroidism”—can contribute to ADHD in kids. So, if pregnant or planning on getting pregnant, why you should get tested. The newest most effective breast imaging without ionizing radiation and how to ask your doctor about it. A great action-step to keep your cancer from recurring. What sugary sodas and diet sodas have in common. Why dentists might be getting afraid to put their fingers in your mouth. How to get the best cancer protection from radiation while protecting all your other tissues. Why you want to add beets to your diet in regard to your hormones. And more. Additional Links Hypothyroidism in Pregnant Mothers Linked to ADHD in their Children  

The world is in chaos. The world is hurting. We all are living a new normal. How can we move through this time and come out better? How may disaster foster awakening? In this show we will discuss morphing “isness” into choice. Taking clay and making art of its messiness. Being alive, it turns out, is a very solo proposition. You have to carry your pack alone. But there are ways to soften the load and squeeze as much life out of this “moment” as possible. In this show you get inspired to do just that. Join me, Dr. B.

Women and doctors fear that estrogen therapies will cause clots. Especially if women have the genes to be more prone to clotting. What are the facts, based on peer review science and clinical acumen? In this show you will learn: What forms clots? What is coagulation? What is factor V Leiden? What are routes of delivery of hormone therapies? How does oral therapy compare to topical? Peer review studies of route of delivery and clot risk. What healthfully “thins” our blood? What specific nutrients keep the blood from clotting and how to assess dosage. What organs makes more “procoagulatory clotting factors” and how to assist this natural activity. How to assess platelet activity. How to use calcium in the blood labs to assess “growth” activity. The role of thicker blood during malignancies. And more..   Guest – Dr. Rosensweet Dr. Rosensweet was Dr. Berkson’s physician when she had breast cancer 26 years ago. They have continued their connection as friends, colleagues and now collaborators in fighting to keep our hormone rights with the newly formed “cBHRT Coalition” (which Dr. Rosensweet spear heads). Dr. Rosensweet graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School. He has been in private medical practice since 1971 and has had offices in New Mexico, California, and Colorado. Dr. Rosensweet currently is in practice via telemedicine from North Carolina. From this gorgeous new home that he shares with his son, Jonathan, also a colleague, and his daughter-in-law and grandkids, Dr. Rosensweet teaches health professionals and women around the world, about hormonal treatments for women in menopause with bio-identical hormones. Guest Resources Dr. Rosensweet has created the Menopause Method: www.menopausemethod.com Find out how you can help to maintain our hormone choices.  

What’s In Your Food? (#195) American food, even much of what we buy at “healthy” food stores, can be fumigated, rinsed with chemicals to prolong their shelf life, and not what we thought we were paying for. And, then there’s the processed foods, especially oils and coloring dyes. These can contain heavy metals that are especially damaging to the fetal brain and the brains of your growing children and beloved family. Dr. Dufault, PhD. studied environmental science at UC Davis, graduating in 1990. She was commissioned by the Navy to work as an officer in the toxicology field before transferring to the U.S. Public Health Service and Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Dufault saw a lot, so she’s been writing about what she knows to be true about foods, and how to help you stay well. She founded the non-profit “Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute” to continue her research to continue to help you. In this show you will learn: There is mercury in corn syrup. Which dyes are the most dangerous for your child’s brain Which oils are the most dangerous Why are veggies at places like Whole Foods different than from your local farmer’s markets. Why you should eat 2 to 5 Brazil nuts a day but never binge on them. And much more. Guest Links Dr. Dufault’s book, Unsafe at Any Meal: What the FDA Does Not Want You to Know About the Foods You Eat, comes with an online tutorial that guides you through healthy food purchasing and much more. Reach Dr. Dufault here: rdufault@foodingredient.info Important tools for learning more about Dr. Dufault’s work and healthy diet. Smithsonian Institute. Patterns of Health: The Medicine of Food Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute. Healthy Diet Tutorial (free). Used successfully in three clinical trials to help individuals adopt a healthier diet. Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute. Publications. Dr. Deuault’s Google Scholar Link.

In this show you will learn: What the Mayo Clinic has to say about efficacy of fish oil. How to optimize taking fish oil supplements. How not to get discouraged by working out. How not to have to use hours of de-stressing to get calm. How “less is more”. Testosterone as a possible alternative to weight loss, even bariatric surgery, and who are the best candidates. What kind of caffeine protects the gut wall from inflammation and cancer. How much caffeine protects the gut wall from inflammation and cancer. We wish you all to be the best that you can be, even if obese or with stage 3 or 4 colorectal cancer. If you listen to the show you learn more options.

Vertigo Chronic dizziness, along with nausea and even tinnitus, can be a stunningly awful game changer. Some people have to change their careers. Other isolate in misery. Others doctor hop or read doom and gloom on the Internet. The buck stops here. Listen to understand vertigo as healable. Often, rapidly.  In this show you will learn: Why your vestibular system was the first system in the womb to develop. The various types of vertigo. How vertigo and even tinnitus may be “talking” to you, and how to hear what each is saying. Joey’s 12-week online course that has changed the vertigo path for thousands - including a dear friend and patient of Dr. Berkson’s. How Joey’s multi-layered background, especially in yoga ,was a perfect mix. What is “holding space” and why this is critical for both the patient and the doctor. How tinnitus can be seen as the body responding oddly to new cues. New cues make your physiology change and this new physiology gives off sound and language. That adds up to sounds in your inner ears. Wow. How doctors can optimally work with this information. Most all cases of vertigo and tinnitus are healable and often within months. When Joey’s new book Rock Steady is launching.   Guest Joey Remenyi Joey is a special woman. She weaves scientific language and data along with healing words of a “priestess” creating a tapestry of wisdom. It’s not often a great healer has the capacity to also be a great healing storyteller. This show “holds this space” for listening to our illness and then learning the skills that reveal what your vertigo and noise are trying to help your vestibular system understand. Joey is the founder and director of “Seeking Balance International”. With her background in psychology, neuroscience, Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a Masters in Clinical Vestibular Audiology, along with over 20 years of experience in yoga and the art of experiential neuroplasticity she is uniquely positioned to support and understand folks suffering with vertigo and tinnitus. Joey’s new book ROCK STEADY will be released mid-November. Look for it and her online course at SeekingBalance.com.au

Dr. Sahar Swidan, PHARM.D., ABAAHP, FAARFM, FACA is one of the world’s leading experts on pain, it’s link to the gut, and medical answers that address “root cause”.   Dr Swidan is CEO of Pharmacy Solutions in Ann Arbor, MI, Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy at Wayne State University.   Dr. Swidan received her “Doctor of Pharmacy” and completed a 3-year research Fellowship in “Bio-Pharmaceutics and Gastroenterology” at the University of Michigan.   Dr. Swidan  co-authored “Metabolic Therapies in Orthopedics, Second Edition”.   Dr. Swidan is currently Co-Editing and Authoring a book with many thought leaders from around the globe in advanced therapeutics in pain managements, launching in December 2020.   In this show with you will learn: Various” root causes” of pain. Causes and treatments of migraines. What is centralized sensitization syndrome? How to diagnose and treat fibromyalgia? What does LDN offer for pain? What NSAID’s do to progesterone and how they help or worsen pain. How to approach Barrett’s esophagus? The gut-pain link. Complications with Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI’s). The role of proton pumps and mitochondria. Melatonin to boost mitochondrial PPIs. The role of “leaky” in the gut wall and blood brain barrier, to pain. And more!   This show is fast, friendly and filled with clinical and scientific pearls for pain management for both the professional and smart patient.   Links:   Pharmacy Solutions

In this show: The winning 7-minute motivational speech that contributed to Mike being named best speaker of the year in 2020 How to build a fire in your belly about being fully alive The 80/20 rule that helps Mike raise his 8 kids and be a success in his 31-yr. marriage And the joy to hear a handsome man write… “I’m good with anything”. And, more. Links Semi-final winning speech - ‘A Girl Who Was Blue”  Final winning speech: The Librarian and Mrs. Montgomery    

Dr. Berkson offers a wide-ranging discussion on steroids, aging, belly fat and immune function, and nutrition and pregnancy. Plus, Dr. Berkson offers perspective about how science is an evolving discipline, which makes it difficult to understand phenomena—like COVID-19—in black and white.  In this show you will hear about: We need to be guided by science, but science doesn't have black-and-white answers. A call for common sense and reason. A need to not be nonchalant about steroids. Steroids and bones Steroids and clots Steroids and your immune system Steroids and glaucoma Comparing Mask Material by the Univ. of Arizona Food, probiotics and depression Aging plasticity, chronic low-grade inflammation, belly fat and eosinophils. Sugar consumption when pregnant: what starts in the womb…. That gut overlapping your belt. Your belly fat, not under your skin but deeper inside your abdomen, adversely effects immune function. And drives you to age faster than you would have if you had less belly fat.  This is a great show to keep you up to date and as healthy as you can be. Like to take a deeper dive? Go to drlindseyberkson.com/membership to get daily posts, live meetings, questions answered and more.  

In this show you will learn: Why are we so complicated? Even Jesus would get frustrated. Peace, why it’s so hard to get over ourselves. Laughing, smiling and your brain. Happiness is not dependent on being partnered. Ionophores and what you should know Zinc a an ionophore and its role with hydroxychloroquine Air is the new food: pollution and brain health Gut microbes and viral infections Body weight has alarming impact on brain function Censorship in today’s pandemic medical space and Dr. Brownstein And more. This show combines science and entertainment with probing questions and perspectives. You won’t want to miss this!

Progesterone is needed in order for a woman to conceive a child, maintain pregnancy, and is produced at exceedingly high levels (around 400mg a day) in the third trimester. In this episode, Dr. Berkson discusses the many benefits of progesterone, how progesterone interacts with other hormones, and how it affects your health. She talks about bio-identical vs. synthetic progesterone and what we can expect to see from Pharma companies in the near future.  (For full show notes go to www.drlindseyberkson.com/podcast)

America is an aging country. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is now the third leading cause of death in the United States in the aging population. The development of effective treatments and prevention is a major healthcare goal. In this show you will hear about the visionary physician and his program that is successfully reversing AD. Along with the peer review data to prove it! Dr. Dale E. Bredesen Dale E. Bredesen is a professor of neurology at the Easton Laboratories for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Bredesen has successfully trained 1500 medical doctors in his cognitive decline reversal protocols. These doctors are reporting that they are successfully replicating his success for cognitive decline. In his 40 years in medicine, Dr. Bredesen has over 212 articles published in PubMed with his name on them. Dr. Bredesen has published several studies from 10 to 100 patients demonstrating statistical efficacy in reversal of Alzheimer’s Disease within three to six months in mild and severe cases. In this show you will learn: Key factors for improving cognition. What is a “cognosocopic exam” and where can you get it for free. How and why to go ketogenic. How and why to go ketogenic if you have kidney disease. The safe uses of citicholine. Why hormones protect your brain. What mycotoxins from mold do to your brain. ApoE4 genetic glitches, cognition and testosterone. And more. Guest Links Website Apollo Health Books  The End of Alzheimer's Program: The First Protocol to Enhance Cognition and Reverse Decline at Any Age  The End of Alzheimer's Recent Study  https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/reversal-of-cognitive-decline-100-patients-2161-0460-1000450.pdf Social Media  https://www.facebook.com/drdalebredesen/ https://twitter.com/DrDaleBredesen

Your relationship with your brain rules every aspect of life. Yet, in today’s world, rife with emotional and pollutional toxicity, it’s way too easy to be ruled by your brain, rather than you being in charge. “Brain hygiene” plays a prominent role in everyday world-life interactions and perceptions. This includes work, relationships and even cultural perceptions such as politics and inter-racial justice.  In this show you will learn: What part of your brain responds with fear. How to better control your “reactive” fearful brain. Who are the brain heroes. How toxins play a role in brain health. How hormones play a role in brain health. How the brain and inter-racial perceptions interact. And more. Shonte’ has a BA and Masters in Neuroscience, is in the middle of her PhD program, and took a break to start her OptiMind Neuroscience Coaching & Training Institute. Shonte’ holds yearly neuroscience symposiums and had asked Dr. Berkson to co-lecture at one, a few years past. They have been interactive and mutually respective colleagues ever since. In Shonte’s OptiMind Neuroscience Institute she instructs that if you learn how to “rule your brain” you can “rule your world”. To be a successful yet peaceful person, to contribute to world peace and evolution, it is critical to learn how to master your brain so it doesn’t enslave yourself and your actions, even unconsciously. Especially unconsciously. This show is about awakening and opening and utilizing your highest potential. You can reach out to find out more about Shonte’ here: OptiMindInstitute.com ShonteJTaylor.com  

The world is experiencing a pandemic from COVID-19. So research is looking at every which way various physiologic states might be protective or increase vulnerability. Across the world males seem more susceptible, compared to women (especially premenopausal women) to getting COVID. Once they get it, they are more susceptible to severe outcomes as well as fatalities, once again compared to younger women. It has been suggested that estrogen may be protective against COVID-19 in females and/or that androgens (like testosterone) worsen COVID-19 in men. As of this date, there are three studies being done giving males and menopausal females "estrogen" and/or "progesterone" replacement as it "may" be protective against COVID-19. In This Show You will Hear About Estrogen Is estrogen protective against COVID? Estrogen signals are critical in both innate and adaptive immune responses as well as in tissue repairing processes during respiratory virus infection. Estrogens can regulate the expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), a key component for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cell entry. So estrogen may play a role as a protective COVID “gate-keeper”. The paper that discusses this is: Estrogen regulates the expression of SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 in differentiated airway epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020;318(6):L1280-L1281. doi:10.1152/ajplung.00153.2020 In animal experiments, estrogen treatment silences the inflammatory reactions and decreases virus titers leading to improved survival rate. One article even said stated in it abstract, “Premarin (commercial patented estrogen from horse’s urine) is capable of stopping the COVID-19 pandemic.” (Prevention and therapy of COVID-19 via exogenous estrogen treatment for both male and female patients. J Pharm Pharm Sci. 2020;23(1):75-85. doi:10.18433/jpps31069) Estrogen (and progesterone) may be helpful as "anti-COVID-19 agents" for people with a high risk of cell stress like the elderly, cancer patients, and front-line medical staff. Doctors at the Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University in New York are conducting a randomized trial to determine if the use of a “transdermal estrogen patch” for 7 days in patients with COVID-19 might reduce the need for intubation in men and older women infected with COVID-19. What About Progesterone? Many of the sickest patients with COVID-19 have high levels of immune system proteins called cytokines in their blood. “Cytokine storm” is an overactive immune response to a viral infection and is one of the most devastating complications of COVID-19 infections. Cytokine storms are known to happen in autoimmune diseases. One study of patients who died of H1N1 influenza, for example, found that 81% had features of a cytokine storm. Researchers have looked at the anti-inflammatory properties of progesterone. Pregnant women, who usually have high levels of progesterone, tend to have milder courses of COVID-19. A new study will assess the use of a short course of progesterone therapy in hospitalized men diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. What About Androgens? In January, one of the first publications on those sickened by the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China, reported that three out of every four hospitalized patients were male. But many men in China smoke while women don’t, so it wasn’t completely known if androgens (male hormones) were the issue, or smoking. But data from around the world have since confirmed that men face a greater risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19 than women. Androgens—male hormones such as testosterone—appear to boost the virus’ ability to get inside cells. Preliminary observations from Spain suggest that a disproportionate number of men with male pattern baldness—which is linked to a powerful androgen—end up in hospitals with COVID-19. Epidemiological data from around the world have confirmed the early reports of male vulnerability. In Lombardy in Italy, for example, men comprised 82% of 1591 patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) from 20 February to 18 March, according to a JAMA paper. And male mortality exceeded that of women in every adult age group in another JAMA study of 5700 New York City patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Several studies link baldness to higher risk of COVID and more severe cases. Baldness is associated with higher levels of the most aggressive metabolites of testosterone (DHT). Two small studies have reported that men with male pattern baldness are overrepresented among hospitalized COVID-19 patients.   A paper by Markus Hoffmann of the Leibniz Institute for Primate Research and colleagues in CELL, sent a lightning bolt through scientific community. This work showed Covid can gain entry into the body more easily by the action of an enzyme called TMPRSS2, a membrane-bound enzyme. The enzyme cleaves the “spike” protein on the coronavirus’ surface, allowing the virus to fuse with the host cell’s membrane and get inside the cell. Male hormones turn this enzyme on. In the prostate, TMPRSS2 is produced when male hormones bind to the androgen receptor. Researchers haven’t established if androgens control TMPRSS2 in the lungs as they have in the prostate. But Andrea Alimonti, head of molecular oncology at Università della Svizzera italiana, looked at data on more than 42,000 men with prostate cancer in Italy. He and colleagues found that patients on androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT)—drugs that slash levels of testosterone—were only one-quarter as likely to contract COVID-19 as men with prostate cancer not on ADT. Men on ADT were also less likely to be hospitalized and to die. In one Italian study, men with prostate cancer who received drugs that suppress androgens were much less likely to be infected with COVID. Prostate cancer researcher Catherine Marshall of Johns Hopkins University is preparing a trial of bicalutamide, an older, inexpensive androgen receptor blocker, in 20 patients hospitalized within 3 days after they tested positive for COVID-19. Women are being included in the trial, she adds, because they have androgens, too, although at lower levels than men. What You will Learn Overall Estrogens help heal acute lung injury. Progesterone tamps down inflammatory cytokines. Androgens might help the virus’s spike protein take grip inside the body. But does this mean high androgens compared to healthy normal levels? We don’t know yet. Drugs ( finasteride and dutasteride) that block the conversion of testosterone to DHT, the most powerful form of testosterone, seem to reduce ACE2 levels in healthy human lung alveolar cells. Androgen sensitivity would explain severe cases in female patients who present with metabolic syndrome or polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or who are using birth control methods that include the use of hormones that bind to an androgen receptor (such as levonorgestrel and norethisterone). There is a lot we don’t know, but in this show you will hear the latest about the link between hormones and COVID!

In this show you will learn: What is post Covid syndrome. How it is treated. How to prevent it. How to best prevent getting Covid. The use and dosages of natural anti-inflammatories.  And more. Suzanne Steinbaum, D.O. is president of the SRSHeart, program for Women’s Cardiovascular Prevention, Health and Wellness and was recently the Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Prevention, Health and Wellness at Mt. Sinai Heart in New York City. Dr. Eddie Maristany practices at the Naples’s Center for Functional Medicine in Naples, Florida. Links: Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum’s Heart Book: Every Woman’s Guide to a Heart Healthy Life, teaching all women how to lead the healthiest lives by “living from the heart”. Naples Center for Functional Medicine: https://naplescfm.com/

Regular medicine is failing women.   For many health issues from irregular periods to acne to PCOS, doctors pass out oral contraception (oral contraceptives) like M&M’s. The “pill” is good at stopping symptoms. But they do not address the “root cause” of what initiated the symptoms. And they can have downstream adverse effects as they are made up of endocrine disrupting synthetic hormones.     Birth control pills (oral contraception) contains synthetic hormones. These synthetic hormones can damage our own home-made hormones. The pill often contains synthetic estrogens (ethinyl estradiol) and synthetic progesterone’s (progestins).  All have been found to have endocrine disrupting actions.   For example, it’s clearly been shown that women on oral contraceptives have more tendency to experience anxiety, poor partner choices, more divorce, migraines, and even inflammatory bowel disease in women with genetic glitches. Much of this occurs from the endocrine disrupting action of these endocrine disruptors, or by their blockage of healthy hormone protection in various tissues, like your precious gut wall.   The driving answer becomes, what are safe alternatives?   This show discuses new ways for women to know their bodies and fertility. This knowledge can be used to enhance fertility and also to master drug-free, safe contraception.   Dr. Susan Caldwell is a rare bird of a physician. She is double-board certified in internal medicine (the thinkers of medicine) and pediatrics (the heart of medicine). She is smart plus heart.   Dr. Caldwell got inspired by the work of  Thomas W. Hilgers, MD. This works comes out of the Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction and the National Center for Women's Health in Omaha, Nebraska.   Dr. Caldwell, to add this work to her practice, became a Certified Naprotechnology Medical Consultant. This form of consulting helps get to the “root” of health issues, like progesterone insufficiency may be causing your irregular bleeding or leaky gut in PCOS patients.   Naprotechnology also give answers for safe and natural birth control.   This dynamic but heart-felt conversation will help many women on their journey to self-awareness, natural birth control, and to ways to decrease adverse side effects of the pill, should you need to stay on it.     Helpful links:   Caldwell’s website where she also blogs: drsusancaldwell.com.     Natural womanhood blog - a great source of information for women to learn the benefits of charting and risks of birth control. This page explains some methods and has links to help women to start charting: https://naturalwomanhood.org/learn/get-started/#choose-class   FEMM method - designed especially for college aged women: https://femmhealth.org   For women but especially for healthcare providers who want to learn the science behind the methods: https://www.factsaboutfertility.org   Naprotechnology (short for natural-procreative-technology) For women who need a “PHD” method that leads to medical diagnosis and treatment: www.naprotechnology.com   To find a Creighton instructor or Napro doctor: https://fertilitycare.org     Susan Caldwell, MD, CFCMC East Jefferson General Hospital - Lakeview 7030 Canal Blvd, 2nd floor New Orleans, LA 70124 office (504)503-6760

Melatonin is a versatile molecule. Melatonin is synthesized by the pineal gland in the brain. But it’s not widely known that melatonin is such an important hormone. It’s made all throughout the body—in the gastrointestinal tract, retina, thymus, bone marrow, and by white blood cells called leukocytes. Besides regulating sleep and our relationship with light and dark, melatonin wears a lot of other hats. Melatonin is a power anti-oxidant, hormone protector and up-regulator of critical molecules like glutathione. One important emerging role for melatonin is its huge influence over our immune system functions. In this show you will learn. The role of melatonin in fighting viruses. What’s the melatonergic pathway. Uses of melatonin in COVID. Dose spectrum? Types of supplements. Melatonin as a natural aromatase inhibitor. And more. A good night's sleep will definitely put an energetic lilt our steps. Why? Pineal melatonin (the melatonin made in the brain) regulates mitochondrial melatonin. This runs your energy. Healthy nocturnal release of melatonin makes your immune system respond healthfully and resiliently. You’ve heard a lot about how cytokine storms drive very serious responses to COVID. Melatonin helps prevent this and in some cases is being explored to help treat this. Cytokine storms damage the gut wall. It becomes excessively permeable (leaky gut). Then, more bad than good bacteria and gut-wall damage occur.  Nasty damaging molecules (LPS) cross the gut wall. Then this person becomes more and more vulnerable to a severe response to COVID. This is a show that will give you a lot more helpful insight especially at this time.