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    2018-08-30T14:06:00-05:00

    When you get very ill and regular medicine isn’t working, or the side effects are brutal, it’s hard, at that time, to figure out what to do. To get answers outside the box, you have to go outside the box. But this is difficult to do during times of crisis. So, when your s.. is not hitting the fan, during peaceful times, start to set up an integrative team that you trust. Get assessed, and have them on board for the future. Get your community of health care practitioners that can watch your back as your life moves forward.

    Berksonisms2018-08-30T14:06:00-05:00

    BPA and how your kid deals with stress

    2018-10-24T19:58:23-05:00

    BPA Bisphenol A (BPA) is abundant in today’s society. For example, which can of garbanzo beans, unless it says BPA free, it’s lined with it. It’s an endocrine disruptor. Rodent studies show that it affects the ability to deal with stress. When rats are exposed in the womb or in early post birth life to BPA,  they can’t handle stress normally. BPA exposure to the developing brain creates methylation problems in a part of the brain called the hippocampus (named after it’s sea horse shape). The hippocampus helps us keep our cool and feel solid (or not) with our world, especially [...]

    BPA and how your kid deals with stress2018-10-24T19:58:23-05:00

    Moment Yoga. By Berkson

    2019-02-04T11:52:25-06:00

    Moment Yoga. That’s what I call it. Be here now. Not ahead or behind. In fear or anger. But just where you are. Right here right now. Easy to speak like this when we are young. When we are 20 and idealistic this kind of talk and an open heart seem simpler to pull off. It's when life starts to accumulate betrayals, diagnoses, hurts, and suffering that living this becomes a challenging mantra that is well worth the intention. But that’s when BE HERE NOW is needed the most. But you can’t hone it in the middle of a crisis. You [...]

    Moment Yoga. By Berkson2019-02-04T11:52:25-06:00

    Nutrients Love Fairy Tales

    2018-08-30T12:41:06-05:00

    Read the labels on your multi-vitamins and minerals and your one-a-days. You do NOT want iron if you don't need it. EXCESS iron is a PRO-oxidant‬.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ It is linked to premature death. If you need it that is another thing all together.   Do NOT take folic acid. It is a synthetic form that promotes cancer cell proliferation. Take on folate, the natural form that has no negative side effects no matter the dose.   Nutrients like fairy tales. They hum at Goldilocks levels. Not too much. Not too little. But just right.   Archives Int Med171(18)October 2011

    Nutrients Love Fairy Tales2018-08-30T12:41:06-05:00

    Pre-diabetic? Consider metformin or metformin-acting herbs. By Berkson

    2015-12-28T17:30:50-06:00

      Pre-diabetic? Metformin is clearly PROVEN to BOTH prevent and delay progress to diabetes. It's silly to not try it. It is taken orally and takes a while to build up to the optimal dose. It can create gut issues in those with sensitive stomachs. So it does come in a compounded cream form, but most docs don’t know about this. Berberine herbs have been shown in randomized trials to work comparably to metformin so you can try those, too. Metformin has also repeatedly been shown to lengthen telomeres. So it is also an anti-aging tool. So get with the program [...]

    Pre-diabetic? Consider metformin or metformin-acting herbs. By Berkson2015-12-28T17:30:50-06:00

    Type-1 Diabetes and the Gut

    2019-02-06T13:31:00-06:00

    All Type-1 diabetics should work with a medical nutritionist to help heal the inherent gut wall and microbiome glitches that are part of cause and effect of this nasty illness. Leaky gut is a reality with Type One diabetes. This is the work of the pediatric gastroenterologist, Dr. Fasano, from the University of Maryland. Strategic nutrition also helps reduce cell damage from inevitable periods of glucose spiking and oxidative stress. Plus, glutamate is an amino acid essential in beta cell function. Within one year of diagnosis, niacinamide and glutamate/gaba testing and balancing can help reduce meds and stabilize blood sugar levels. [...]

    Type-1 Diabetes and the Gut2019-02-06T13:31:00-06:00

    6 Actions of Vitamin D

    2018-10-31T17:51:46-05:00

    Reduces detrimental effects of long-term inflammation. Helps body use calcium in bones. Major immune system protector helping “fight” infections, autoimmune diseases and allergies. Needs zinc to deliver its message to the gene (genomic signaling). Also delivers signals without genes (non-genomic signaling) Protects against pathogens like viruses. Mini Rev Med Chem. 2015;15(11):953-63. Cellular Immunology Laboratory, Division of Cell Biology, Center for Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

    6 Actions of Vitamin D2018-10-31T17:51:46-05:00

    My best birthday present EVER

    2019-02-04T12:39:45-06:00

    Great Things are Coming I had a patient that had been very ill for many years, even though he was only in his early 40's. He had a disabled family member so he not only had his own health issues but also theirs on his plate. He was at his wit's end. The many docs he had seen could not figure anything out so the last several years he had been told repeatedly that it was all in his head. He was told to now go see psychiatrists. In going over the blood work I saw a marker for a tumor [...]

    My best birthday present EVER2019-02-04T12:39:45-06:00

    FluShotGate – Flu Shot Recommendation Concerns

    2019-06-28T14:41:50-05:00

    Should everyone get a flu shot? The evidence, looked at with a scientific eye, is shocking. It's getting really weary seeing how much medicine is run by profit driven drug companies and physicians that do not think, read or investigate for themselves and their patients. I do not like reading yellow journalistic sensationalistic stuff, and I like writing it even less. But yeeeech! In an interview published in The Atlantic, Tom Jefferson, head of the Vaccine Field Group at the Cochrane Database Collaboration (the world's leading producer of evidence-based medical reviews and the go-to place to get the science FACTS RIGHT), [...]

    FluShotGate – Flu Shot Recommendation Concerns2019-06-28T14:41:50-05:00
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