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One of my favorite times of day is sitting with my cup of Joe and looking over the science and pondering a blog and writing it. For me it’s a lot of fun wordsmithing together my life knowledge with what’s new. Having been in functional medicine, nutrition and practice now, yikes, for almost 43 years, I have a perspective that has, what we would say about a wine, ‘legs’.
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As a society, we have become comfortable with this cozy, crazy idea that medicine delivery is pharmaceuticals. We think health care means drugs. And we think drugs are safe. We are more comfortable with getting meds to solve our problems than we are at looking at our lifestyles, food choices, or using nutrients and herbs. In other words, we are more relaxed about putting foreign molecules into our own and our kids’ bodies than we are with common sense. We are medicalized sheep. Yet every drug rinses out certain nutrients. Take birth control pills, for example. These pills, used by multiple [...]
The gut and brain start out as best friends from the very beginning of your life. These massive organs start out inside the fetus as one clump of teeming new life. Then this group of cells splits almost exactly in half. One segment travels to the gut to become the intestinal tract and the other migrates to the head to become your brain. Both these organs have protective barrier systems that surround and shield them. In the gut this protective barrier is called the semi-permeable gut wall. It is made up of a single layer of epithelial cells combined with magical [...]
—A study finally proves exactly “when” to eat before exercising to maximize weight loss & better behaved fat cells.If you are like me, you want to get the most bang for your exercise buck because the rest of the day you have plenty to do and often much of it involves sitting. So I’ve often wondered, as I am sure you have, too, how to maximize the two E’s, exercise and eating. Would we lose more weight if we ate breakfast and then worked out a bit later? Should we have a green drink before we get into the car to [...]
A WARNING: Don’t take NSAIDs during pregnancy! Or if you want to get pregnant! How often do you reach for a pill when you get muscle aches or a nagging headache? Are they NSAIDs such as ibuprofen that you feel pretty safe to take? NSAIDs are pain relievers that are sold over-the-counter and used by multiple millions. But do you know that NSAIDs have been clearly documented to block progesterone signaling? Healthy progesterone signaling is necessary for healthy ovulation. It’s now been shown that healthy pre-menopausal women who take NSAIDs for only 10 days, at the dosage recommended on [...]
Are Non-Organic Foods, Perfumes, & Everyday Chemicals Keeping You Fat? By Dr. Lindsey Berkson Worldwide obesity is an epidemic and a conundrum for adults and children of all ages. The commonly believed causes—eating more and moving less—don’t explain the entire epidemic or why losing weight today is much more difficult to achieve than it was in the 1980s.When I practiced with Dr. Block in Tulsa, an internist who had been in practice for over 50 years, I asked him what was the most common health issue he ran into over all those years. Without skipping a beat Dr. Block scratched his bald [...]
(My Cul-de-Sac’s Sad but True Pyrethroid Story) by Dr. Lindsey Berkson I called my next-door neighbor in my tight neighborly cul-de-sac, Charette Cove North, to ask Beth for the name of their bug guy that she said used only natural products. Tall burly Gerald came over wearing a clean shirt that had printed over the chest pocket, “Natural Answers for Nasty Bugs.” What were these natural answers? Pyrethroids. Gerald explained these were safe natural versions of extracts of the Chrysanthemum plant’s own bug-fighting pyrethrins. The natural flower extract kills bugs, and Gerald proudly exclaimed that this version was completely natural, safe, [...]
(Why you should care and 3 actions steps to help yourself) By Berkson Just as we’re learning that satisfying and frequent sex is as beneficial for your health—especially your brain—as veggies and exercise, science is now showing that Americans are doing “it” less. I remember a line from the comedy “Bun Heads” where a dancer from the east coast is in L.A. trying to make it big. She’s on the phone with her friends back home, who ask, “What’s it like in L.A.?” She complains, “Nobody eats carbs any more!” Well, now there’s a similar trend with sex. Three [...]
Dear Friends, I am writing to you today about Dr. Gaby’s second edition of his book, Nutritional Medicine—by far the best compilation of scientific information on the use of nutrition in medical practices. It has just launched and you will want to have this book in your personal library to serve you and those you love. Dr. Gaby and I have been friends since 1977 when we were both students doing our first rotation in integrative medicine with Dr. Jonathan V. Wright, the father of bioidentical hormones. Dr. Wright was sure Alan and I were a match made in heaven, so [...]
Two Big Lies of Type-2 Diabetes And The Power of LESS FOOD By Berkson Dear Friends, I just listened to an amazing YouTube video called, “The Two Big Lies of Type 2 Diabetes” by Dr. Jason Fung, a nephrologist (kidney doctor) from Canada. He has been reversing this disease, often very rapidly, within weeks or months, even in those who have had this disease for decades and are on multiple meds. In this blog, I am paraphrasing his talk in order to spread the word. I’ve been writing about the reversibility of Type-2 Diabetes for a few years now, but [...]
1. Blue foods. Blue pigmented foods like purple cabbage, purple carrots, purple cauliflower, radicchio, black rice, blueberries, blackberries, and more) are high in the anti-cancer pigment called anthocyanins. These have been repeated shown to kill ER+ breast cancer cells in laboratory studies. Colorful, diverse and filled with broccoli-family foods. A rainbow diet of diverse polyphenolic compounds, colorful pigments and brassica-type foods like broccoli sprouts, have all been shown to be cancer protective. Your weekly menu should have plenty of these foods. Soy. Evidence clearly shows that women do not need to avoid whole unprocessed soy foods (if you oncologist told you [...]
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Medical Disclaimer: The information contained in this website is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care professional and is not intended as medical advice. It is intended as a sharing of knowledge and information from the research and experience of Dr. Lindsey Berkson and the experts who have contributed to the field of research. You are encouraged to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional of your choosing.
