Fri, 22 July 2016
A pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, James M. Greenblatt, MD, has treated patients with mood disorders and complex eating disorders since 1990. After receiving his medical degree and completing his psychiatry residency at George Washington University, Dr. Greenblatt went on to complete a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Medical School. On today’s podcast, he reminds us that violent criminals commonly have low levels of lithium in their bodies. Scientists have proposed that lithium deficiency may increase aggression. When people hear “lithium,” many think of lithium carbonate, the high-dose, prescription-only drug that’s used to treat bipolar disorder, but lithium could also be one of the most important (but often neglected) minerals under discussion in the narrative of brain health and Alzheimer’s disease prevention. Dr. Greenblatt says a few milligrams per day of lithium can do remarkable things for the brain, including: 02:34 Minerals and Neurologic Health 03:47 Causes of Mineral Deficiencies 05:47 Sauna Therapy and Mineral Loss 07:25 Nutritional Lithium and Mental Health 09:39 Lithium and Brain Chemistry 07:25 Nutritional Lithium and Mental Health 09:39 Lithium and Brain Chemistry 11:43 Lithium to Optimize Brain Function 23:07 Low Serum B12 and Mood Disorders |
Wed, 13 July 2016
Rodney Dietert, PhD is a prominent researcher in the field of immunotoxicology--how toxins affect the immune system and author of The Human Superorganism. After decades of studying how toxins affect health, he realized toxicology models didn’t tell the whole story about disease risk—there was something missing, he thought. While lying awake one night he realized that gut microbes, too, affect how toxins impact the immune system and our health. “The microbes are the first ones to come in contact with these environmental toxins,” he says. He shares more details about toxins and microbes in summary of his life’s work, a new book called The Human Superorganism. Here are a few key timestamps: 04:48 Microbiome and Drugs |
Fri, 8 July 2016
Scientist Says Body Fat Is Actually Protective? About a year ago, I sat down with MIT researcher Dr. Stephanie Seneff to talk about glyphosate and autism. 02:18 Glyphosate on Crops 03:05 Human Consumption of Glyphosate 04:35 History of Glyphosate 05:50 Glyphosate/Disease Correlations 06:38 Tracking Potential Causes of Autism, Obesity 09:21 Gut Microbes and Glyphosate 10:13 New Glyphosate Product: 13:31 Oxalic Acid and Kidney Function 15:51 Preventing Glyphosate Exposure 19:32 Diseases Linked to Glyphosate Exposure 20:13 Bone Health and Glyphosate 22:01 Obesity, Toxins and Glyphosate 28:32 Glyphosate and the Gut Microbiome 30:34 Confined Animal Feeding Operations and Antibiotics 32:11 Glyposate and Gut Permeability (Leaky Gut) 36:24 Glyphosate and Methylation (MTHFR) 38:15 Folic Acid, Folate and GMO Foods 49:48 Estrogen Disruption and Glyphosate |