In this show you hear two old friends and colleagues talk about the early beginnings of functional medicine. And the nutraceutical industry.

In this show you will learn:

• How and why, Jonathan Rothchild decided to open up one of the first nutraceutical companies. And why cater to ultra-sensitive person and unique needs.
• Fat soluble thiamin, why it is so helpful with cognitive issues.
• Time-release niacin and its role in keeping lipids safe.

You will want to buy only organic citrus at the moment. Why?

Two hormone-disrupting fungicides “imazalil” and “thiabendazole were detected on nearly 90 percent of non-organic citrus fruit samples in tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group (EWG).  Both chemicals are linked to higher incidences of childhood cancers.

The highest levels of imazalil and thiabendazole were found on mandarins, including clementine’s, followed by oranges and then grapefruit.

You will want to mainly eat organic kale. Why? Inorganic kale has now been put third on the list of the EWG’s dirty dozen worst polluting foods.

Ecological Formulas offers a large line of products, including Authia, the company’s transdermal cream that delivers Vitamin B1 and B12 directly into the bloodstream.

Ecological Formulas also offers Vitamin C in a cream for those who are unable to take supplements orally.

Links:

Ecological Formulas (888) 933-2759

Environmental Working Group

https://www.ewg.org/

Dr. Austin Perlmutter is an internist and co-author of the NY Times Bestselling book: Brain Wash:Detox Your Mind for Clearer Thinking, Deeper Relationships, and Lasting Happiness.

Dr. Perlmutter is a unique doctor that teaches tools to become more mindful in today’s mind-boggling times.

In this show you will hear a fascinating conversation addressing:

• Why so many people are so quick to take offense?
• How our “moment to moment” choices influence our reactions to our “is-ness”.
• What are we getting wrong when it comes to making better choices. 
• How can we get ahead of bad decisions?
• What is the role of diet in our thinking? And reacting?
• How the gut microbiome influences how we see our world?
• The relationship between mood disorders and our choices. 

Dr. Perlmutter is a word-smith. This show is an enlightening, almost poetic – yet science-based — conversation about the ‘cultural angst’ unfolding today.

You will learn exact steps for rising above the anger and despair. You will learn specific tools to help you find healthier emotional footings. All based on peer-review literature. Put together in a user-friendly manual manner.

Take a look at Dr. Perlmutter's book, Brain Wash, here.   

In this show you will learn:

• Variants of highest concern are infectious, virulent, and evade human immune surveillance.
• The more people that get Covid, the more we are exposed to new variants.
• The UK variant, called the “Kent Variant” is more infectious and more virulent and may be a hide-and-seek new “strain” that can make more numbers of people ill, with increasing fatality rates, too.
• Not everyone has access to” functional interventions”, or doctors to order them (like Ivermectin, nutrients and even nebulized glutathione) so… we need a variety of protective actions.
• Many states are relaxing mitigation strategies, which is not the best approach right now because "we may be facing our biggest challenge yet" with the UK variant. And… perhaps… more scariant, variants to come.

Vaccines are not the only answer. But they not only boost antibody production, they also educate your B and T cells to be able to address new mutations.

If the antibody production didn’t work, the memory in your immune system is great “back-up”.

Scientifically this means: Vaccines produce two measurable responses (aside from clinical outcome) -- neutralizing antibody titers plus t-cell reactivity.

What is clear is that the longer millions of people are infected, the more mutations there will be. We refer to some of these mutations as scariant, as they are becoming more virulent on a variety of levels and already we are closing in on 550,000 Americans having died from Covid. At the same time learning that certain states have “under-count” these cases.

While we wait for new vaccine supplies, experts suggest we should consider alternative vaccination plans: Get more people vaccinated, including delaying the second dose to 6-8 weeks after the first; giving a single dose to people with prior COVID-19 infection; and giving a half-dose of the Moderna vaccine.

We need to get up on what else is helpful that we can do in our own homes.

Science is building a great case that Vitamin D blood levels effect your COVID outcomes. Vitamin D levels over 30 ng/mL are linked to less severe cases of COVID while blood levels under 12 ng/mL are linked to higher risk of ending up in the ICU and intubated.

Take Vitamin D. Know your level. Work with your savvy practitioner on this if you need to.

Avoid high-fructose corn syrup. It inactivates vitamin D even if you supplement or hang out in the sun.

Eat well. Rest well. Take protective nutrients that we have discussed in other shows (such as zinc, melatonin, Vitamin A, N-acetylcysteine, resveratrol) and more.

Vaccines are only part of the way to stop this pandemic, which is presently 5 times more fatal than the flu. But this is the statistical virulence and fatality rate of the original mutations, not the newer more scariant ones.

In this show you will learn:

• How much alcohol consumption is safe (especially after age 40).
• Asthmatics get a leg up with COVID.
• Urinary Tract Infections to-do’s and not to-do’s.
• Issues with plastic toys and cancer in your kids.

We also discuss the frustrations and fears that the pandemic has uncovered. We share
Jeff Foster’s “The Exquisite Risk of Being Human”.

You will also learn what brain derived neurotrophic factors are, how they relate to anti-depressants, and how hormones like estrogen and progesterone play a role in “neurotrophins”.