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Steroid Controversy, Aging & Belly Fat, Gut & Depression, Sugary Wombs & More! (#190)

2020-09-30T17:51:00-05:00

In this show you will hear: 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 University 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 [...]

Steroid Controversy, Aging & Belly Fat, Gut & Depression, Sugary Wombs & More! (#190)2020-09-30T17:51:00-05:00

Dr. Norm Shealy. Neurosurgery, Energy Medicine, Nutrition, Hormones and Spirituality (#101)

2020-01-03T01:09:26-06:00

    Today’s show is more outside of “traditional” science than usual, but it is an area where more and more research is being done.  Neurosurgeon Dr. Norm Shealy takes this episode from the beginning of classical methods of treating pain, depression, and diseases to atypical but contemporized methods that include energy medicine, nutrition, hormones and even mysticism! When Dr. Shealy first graduated Duke University School of Medicine, pain management was entirely surgical. If you had back pain you got surgery. However surgery only reduced back pain about 10% of the time. If it failed and you had more pain after the [...]

Dr. Norm Shealy. Neurosurgery, Energy Medicine, Nutrition, Hormones and Spirituality (#101)2020-01-03T01:09:26-06:00

Food Rules Mood

2019-06-28T14:41:16-05:00

Food is a necessity of life. It keeps us alive. It sustains us. It’s pleasure you can receive without the muss and fuss of another human. But food also has some shadowy slopes. In fact food can sometimes be downright dangerous. Food can create a filter—good or bad—through which you perceive your world. Your choices for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and even your portion sizes, can make or break your mood. For example, your menu choices and amounts can contribute to calm and contentment or to anxiety and debilitating depression. Food is powerful. Appreciation of the relationship between food and mood [...]

Food Rules Mood2019-06-28T14:41:16-05:00

Antidepressant Mess: Significantly Increased Risk of Earlier Death!

2019-01-17T20:51:54-06:00

In 2000, in Hormone Deception, I wrote about the increased risk of getting certain cancers from taking certain antidepressants. Now, there’s more bad news about pills prescribed to make you happier. Antidepressants, most forms, are being tied to a significantly increased risk of premature death from all causes, except for heart disease. And keep this in mind: one out of ten Americans is taking long term antidepressants! Antidepressants, as a stunning study from McMaster University emphasizes, do not work as effectively as medicine had hoped. Plus, they are much more dangerous than ever realized. "The common wisdom is that antidepressants are [...]

Antidepressant Mess: Significantly Increased Risk of Earlier Death!2019-01-17T20:51:54-06:00

Magnesium: A Simple Fix For Depression?

2019-02-04T11:27:22-06:00

What if your complex health problem had a simple fix? This can happen more than you might think, but our health care system, and even our own thinking, is often not on alert to look for the simple answers. Magnesium might be a key to solving your depression.  When you have a health issue, finding out what’s wrong is the most critical step of fixing it. This is referred to as finding “root cause.” In today’s health care, the step-by-step process of searching for the main cause of your suffering is often replaced by a focus on symptoms, costly testing and [...]

Magnesium: A Simple Fix For Depression?2019-02-04T11:27:22-06:00

Can we self-treat depression by counting our blessings (gratitude exercises)? What does science say?

2019-01-17T18:57:23-06:00

What can you do to self-help your moods that may help you avoid medication for depression, or lower your dose, or get you singing in the shower again, or yelling at your mate less? These are called positive activity interventions (PAIs), and they are now found to offer a safe, low-cost, and self-administered approach to managing depression. PAIs offer hope to individuals with depressive disorders who do not respond or have access to adequate medical therapy, or perhaps even for those that want to try to get off meds. More than 100 million people around the globe suffer from depression. An [...]

Can we self-treat depression by counting our blessings (gratitude exercises)? What does science say?2019-01-17T18:57:23-06:00

Are your antidepressant or sleep meds eroding your bones? Or is one of them helping? Which are doing what?

2020-01-03T00:58:24-06:00

Yikes! Why doesn’t this make headline news? Canada has socialized medicine, so they have great records. Researchers identified women 50 years or older who had osteoporosis, and what prescription medications they had used in the years prior. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, atypical antipsychotics, and benzodiazepines were associated with higher risk of osteoporosis. Tricyclic antidepressants were associated with lower odds of osteoporosis. These drug effects were independent of mental illness diagnoses, including depression and schizophrenia. The authors from the Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, concluded that some psychotropic medications are associated with an increased risk of bone loss, [...]

Are your antidepressant or sleep meds eroding your bones? Or is one of them helping? Which are doing what?2020-01-03T00:58:24-06:00

Depressed? Need a PSYCHOLOGIST OR NUTRITIONIST?

2020-02-25T13:07:11-06:00

The times they are a changing. Used to be if you had depression, why you had a Prozac deficiency. But no drug comes without some downsides. Less libido. Rebound trying to get off. No one mentions the link of SSRIs to possible future neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s. Or even cancer. And, these meds cost a lot of dough and create wide spread wear and tear on the entire health care system. What may be coming to the rescue… NUTRITION! The International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research has put out a new short and sweet consensus statement. It emphasizes that there is [...]

Depressed? Need a PSYCHOLOGIST OR NUTRITIONIST?2020-02-25T13:07:11-06:00

Parsley and Sophisticated Brains

2019-02-14T13:44:03-06:00

Sophisticated Brains Since "higher" consciousness seems to come from the ability to have broader, healthier brain connections, here is one of my favorite spices that boosts BOTH brain connectivity and integration. Parsley and its main flavonoid: apigenin. Apigenin promotes integration and connection between multiple brain cells. And it's found in this herb you can use in salads, cooking and smoothies. By the way parsley’s flavonoid also balances and protects hormone metabolism. (Why I have been recommending a special parsley green drink for years to appropriate patients.) Apigenin boosts strong brains. It strengthens memory, learning and focus. It promotes more sophisticatedly brain [...]

Parsley and Sophisticated Brains2019-02-14T13:44:03-06:00

Distinct Type of Depression (Brain Inflammation) and the “I Spot” in the brain that identifies it

2019-01-17T18:58:43-06:00

Inflamed Brain Our brain is our most important organ. Many of us aging folks are now more worried about outliving our wits, than getting cancer. Much of brain aging is actually brain inflammation. Inflamed brains age faster, and make us worried and depressed. What can we do about it? And is this real, or bogus? Emory Health Science researchers wanted to know, too. They found that 1/3rd of depressed people have inflamed brains. These people have elevated blood inflammatory markers and the inflammation can be distinctly viewed on brain imaging. Wow! No more hiding inflamed brains, we can see you! Brain [...]

Distinct Type of Depression (Brain Inflammation) and the “I Spot” in the brain that identifies it2019-01-17T18:58:43-06:00

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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.

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