Berkson’s Blogs

4 Major Ways to Protect Your Colon from Cancer

2018-10-31T18:14:50-05:00

1. Avoid folic acid — (synthetic form of folate) as Tuft's Vitamin Carcinogenesis lab showed in gastroenterologic research that it made colon cancer cells (and other cancer cells, too) grow faster. Don't use supplements with folic acid on the label but folate, folacin, and tetrhydramethylfolate (lots of names and even a drug that delivers this: 5-MTHF, L-methylfolate, just ask for natural forms) are all good as they the “natural” forms of folate occurring in Mother Nature’s plants. (PS FOLATE gets its name from foliage “eat your greens”). 2. Milk Thistle — "Oral milk thistle extract stops colorectal cancer stem cells from [...]

4 Major Ways to Protect Your Colon from Cancer2018-10-31T18:14:50-05:00

reasons for most happiness

2019-02-18T12:14:59-06:00

People happier if country they live in has: Solid economy,   Healthy life expectancy,   Having someone to count on,   Perceived freedom to make life choices,   Freedom from corruption,   National, personal feelings of generosity. A positive outlook during the early stages of life sets foundation for greater happiness during adulthood (must invest early on in the lives of kids to be happy not with stuff, but with connection, giving, community consciousness rather than entitlement, money and fame.) Sustainable Development Solutions Network. "World Happiness Report 2015 ranks happiest countries." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 23 April 2015

reasons for most happiness2019-02-18T12:14:59-06:00

Brain Size Matters

2018-10-24T19:33:59-05:00

We saw this just last week with the Medi-diet linked to less brain shrinkage and more brain volume. Size matters. Especially with your brain. Our biggest fears these days, understandably, is: will I outlive my wits or my money, but without my wits, what good is my money or how will I keep holding on to it, or making it? Valid questions. Part of the Answer It is very good to know that what we CHOOSE to put into these lips of ours, into our guts and microbiomes, matters. The take home is, we have some control. Yippee! Hot Off the [...]

Brain Size Matters2018-10-24T19:33:59-05:00

NEW NAME FOR CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME by Berkson

2019-02-04T13:15:27-06:00

What the heck is chronic fatigue? You wake up un-refreshed, have a fatigue that is so deep it almost hurts so you can't engage in your life like you used to, you get exhausted from exercise or exertion, and when you stand up your blood pressure doesn't rise like it should and you feel dizzy and weak (orthostatic hypotension). You may have brain fog (less clear thinking.) It's got a new name: Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease, named by the Institute of Medicine. Old names: One of the early docs I worked with at the Center for Orthomolecular Medicine (1st holistic multi-disciplinary [...]

NEW NAME FOR CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME by Berkson2019-02-04T13:15:27-06:00

PRE-DIABETES/INSULIN RESISTANCE TEST we have all been waiting for!

2019-02-18T11:38:49-06:00

We are all concerned, understandably and rightfully so, about getting diabetes. Or outliving our wits and developing Alzheimer’s disease, which is now called Type-3 diabetes of the brain.   The present tests we have, when we go once a year for a physical to our doctors aren’t working. Otherwise we would not be seeing one out of 3 people born after the year 2000 getting diabetes.   We walk around with the worry in the back of our head. I have too. But the fasting blood sugar test, glucose, is not enough. It does not tell us how our body handles [...]

PRE-DIABETES/INSULIN RESISTANCE TEST we have all been waiting for!2019-02-18T11:38:49-06:00

Solvents

2019-02-14T13:57:14-06:00

Solvents, fertility, cancer, and home safety. Solvents are nasty and pretty much everywhere. At home. At work. The chemicals – benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene – are ubiquitous. I warned about them in Hormone Deception 15 years ago. Today in Environmental Health News they have been officially dubbed endocrine disruptors, even at the "every day low levels" we are ALL exposed to. Especially at HOME. HOME is not just where the HEARTH is – but where the SOLVENTS are. Many health problems like asthma, low birth weights, faulty sperm and infertility, heart disease, preterm births, liver and kidney disease, and even [...]

Solvents2019-02-14T13:57:14-06:00

How to protect your lungs

2019-02-01T11:56:15-06:00

Breathing is non-negotiable Breathing is non-negotiable. You can go without food for a while, or go without drinking fluids for a while, or go without a daily “pooptatutional” for a while, but if you choose to stop breathing… in several minutes you are done. “What” are you breathing? Well, “what” are you breathing? That matters, too. Researchers in the UK have, for the first time, shown that exhaust pollution from diesel engines damages nerves within the lungs. They also identified the "mechanism," meaning how exactly does pollution Karate chop lung tissue in this nasty way. Bad news: Diesel exhaust pollution definitely [...]

How to protect your lungs2019-02-01T11:56:15-06:00

The Testosterone Wars

2019-02-13T11:19:32-06:00

An article came out on March 3 2015, in Medscape, an online journal that goes out to many million medical providers, entitled, Testosterone Labels Must Now Note CV (cardiovascular) and Stroke Risks, FDA Says. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now require makers of testosterone products to include two statements on each label. Clearly describe the “approved” uses of these medications. Clearly present the warning that use of this product possibly increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes. What did the FDA base these statements on? A team of experts wanted to know. Dr. A. Morgentaler, a urologist from [...]

The Testosterone Wars2019-02-13T11:19:32-06:00

Be gentle to hearts you meet…

2018-07-23T11:11:26-05:00

Your broken heart has a billable medical code. It can now be diagnosed, tracked and turned into insurance for reimbursement. So, be kind to those who share your life for a while, don’t break their hearts!   The next time you go to break up with someone, be gentle. A broken heart is a real thing. The heart muscle weakens, mimicking a heart attack, even though the person may not have had the risk factors for heart disease. A broken heart can cause abnormal EKGs, elevation of heart enzymes (which means heart cells are actually exploding apart), and even skyrocket the [...]

Be gentle to hearts you meet…2018-07-23T11:11:26-05:00

Unhealthy Diets Shrink Brain Volume

2019-02-06T13:32:39-06:00

From: Division of Nutritional Psychiatry Research at Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, and president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research Study: 250 individuals had brain volume (size) tracked by MRI over 4 years as well as what foods they ate. There was a difference of more than 200 cubic millimeters in hippocampal volume (seat of memory, spatial orientation and sense of self that shrinks before Alzheimer’s disease) between individuals who ate a healthy diet (fresh veggies, less meat and fast food and more fish) compared with those who consumed a typical unhealthy Western diet (meat, hamburgers, chips, sweets and soft [...]

Unhealthy Diets Shrink Brain Volume2019-02-06T13:32:39-06:00
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