Berkson’s Blogs

3 out of 4 people who have a stroke had high blood pressure first. High blood pressure is often fixable by “life style changes.” Get fitter (work out, achieve an ideal weight, work your blood vessels into a more healthy state) Eat beets (or beet powders i.e. neogenis.com has a great black cherry beet powder drink and i get no money for saying this) and lots of greens (spinach, salad, arugula, etc.) all that help your body produce “nitric oxide” that promotes healthy blood vessels Make sure you are not on any medication that is raising your blood pressure (yep, shockingly [...]

Biocides kill bacteria and nasty microorganisms from growing and spoiling items they are added to, but they may also be causing allergic reactions and even contributing to antibiotic resistance. Biocides are added to diverse consumer products, especially detergents, disinfectants and cosmetics. Contact Allergy Some people are now developing contact dermatitis allergy to their green laundry detergents, and one reason is because of these biocides. Biocides, for example these polysyllabic names like benzisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone, can give you rashes or add to adverse reactions to antibiotics you may need in your future. Look at this article published in Contact Dermatitis. 2014 Jul;71(1):41-8. [...]

A study on 190,000 Danes hospitalized and treated for all kinds of serious infections, linked these diverse infections with an increased incidence of getting poorer cognition and lower IQ scores, post infections. This Scandinavian study showed that people with 5 or more hospital contacts with infections had an IQ score of 9.44 points lower than the average! That's a huge dumbing down of thought processing. The study showed a clear dose-response relationship between the number and severity of infections to the effects on cognitive ability. Infections in the brain affected the cognitive ability the most, but many other types of infections [...]

Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is chronic pain and fatigue that comes from the brain and spinal chord more than directly from the areas where one hurts. It’s not easy to diagnose or treat. When I was first in practice many doctors thought this problem was all in a patient’s head and dissed its veracity. Now, fibromyalgia is considered the 2nd most common rheumatic disorder behind osteoarthritis. Fibromyalgia is regarded as a lifelong central nervous disorder that creates amplified pain in various body parts. The person with it can suffer greatly and often can’t get off the couch. Commonly used medications don’t seem to [...]

Consider they said what they did because of what happened to them historically, not what occurred between the two of you now. Don't judge; at some point in your life, other lives or this one, you did, said, thought, and were the same thing. Think of how you can add to a situation for all, not only what is in it for you. Even if your first thought is anger, fear, frustration; work toward developing a knee-jerk reflex of laughter, this dilutes all those inflammatory molecules. Do more happy stuff for yourself so when potentially yucky stuff shows up, you make [...]

A Swedish family has eaten only organic food for two weeks as part of a study conducted by The Swedish Environmental Research Institute. The study – commissioned by Swedish supermarket chain Coop – saw the family dramatically change its diet, with impressive results. A video about the study introduced the family of five, with mother Anette explaining why they typically didn’t eat organic food. "It costs more than conventional food and we’re a big family," she said in the video. Anette, her husband Mats and three children all had their urine tested before the study and it was found to contain [...]

Now Occurring in Half of US 60-Year-Olds What is MS? High blood pressure, high cholesterol, and insulin resistance that are all linked to systemic inflammation and a higher risk of all kinds of nasty health issues like heart attacks, diabetes and cancer, not to mention feeling awful much of the time.   What to do? Test and treat individually your hormones, which naturally help heal this issue. Better diet: eat more plant based foods, more pesticide-free fish and less red meats, more nuts, avocados and olives, and no refined sugars, fried foods, processed foods and even avoid lots of canned foods. [...]