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Case Study - 24-year-old young man with irregular bowel movements, unexplained abdominal pain, orange stools, sometimes constipated sometimes diarrhea, for a few months.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/prevention/116854?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-08-06&mh=bdeeae4256eba66425e02fac375c689b&zdee=gAAAAABm4ucuXs9ueluLMeWkRLV0K-pMvtkDnZSq7M4sNd31UwEoROO6AukIKFPJlWOl5o9AVQmnT5dERB5gBmWv1sb_uynUuTNJdrVbLeelJi8biaZ-PnqZKXnmIRdSGM0dmpP7qcPh

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.124.039759

Butyrate, and other short chain fatty acids, are made by beneficial bacteria in the gut, through fermentation of dietary fiber. These SCFAs play a crucial role in maintaining gut health by providing energy for beneficial bacteria,sustaining the gut barrier that prevents leaky gut and certain autoimmune conditions and generally reducing inflammation. This study suggests that increasing gut butyrate availability can improve BP.

This show aired Friday, August 29, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Case Study - 82-year-old woman with blood pressure of 157/90, who refused to take medication.

Case Study - 57-year-old obese man reduced average blood pressure from 170/95 to 135/85.

More Americans need blood pressure medication, according to the updated guidelines put out by the American Heart Association.

There are many ways to reduce high blood pressure without medication.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/hypertension/116998?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-08-14&mh=bdeeae4256eba66425e02fac375c689b&zdee=gAAAAABm4ucuXs9ueluLMeWkRLV0K-pMvtkDnZSq7M4sNd31UwEoROO6AukIKFPJlWOl5o9AVQmnT5dERB5gBmWv1sb_uynUuTNJdrVbLeelJi8biaZ-PnqZKXnmIRdSGM0dmpP7qcPh&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202025-08-14&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition

This episode aired Friday, August 22, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Estrogen and the Gut Microbiome

Progesterone, Inflammation, and the Microbiome

Testosterone and Gut Health

Cortisol Regulation and the Gut-HPA Axis

This show aired Friday August 15th, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Young People Lead New Wave of Americans Unaware of Their Hypertension | MedPage Today

Results from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cycles, spanning the years 2013 to 2023, showed a significant proportion of adults having hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol, continued to self-report being unaware and never diagnosed.

Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Incident Hypertension in Menopausal Women | Journal of the American Heart Association

Journal of the American Heart Association June 2025.

Prilosec/Omeprazole, Nexium, Prevacid, Protonix.

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the treatment of choice for conditions such as esophagitis and peptic ulcer disease, and they are among the most prescribed medications in the United States. In 2016, one of the PPIs was dispensed more than 70 million times in the United States.

Inappropriate PPI use either due to prolonged use or lacking an appropriate indication has been linked with several adverse events such as bone fractures, pneumonia, and kidney damage, especially in older people. Also Osteoporosis, weakened immune systems, higher risk of gut infections and dysbiosis, protein deficiency and deficiencies of B12, iron, magnesium, and other minerals.

Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent vasodilator that plays a critical role in blood pressure (BP) regulation.7 Recent studies have shown the importance of the nitrate–nitrite–NO pathway in the production of NO. The conversion of nitrite to NO in the stomach is dependent on the presence of gastric acid.8 PPIs are highly effective in suppressing gastric acid secretion and are hypothesized to affect NO production from nitrate/nitrites.

This show aired Friday, August 8, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Compared with 2,000 steps per day, walking 7,000 steps per day was associated with:

A significant 47% lower risk of all-cause mortality

A significant 25% lower risk of incident cardiovascular disease incidence

A significant 47% lower risk of cardiovascular disease mortality

A non-significant 6% lower risk of cancer incidence

A significant 37% lower risk of cancer mortality

A significant 14% lower risk of type 2 diabetes

A significant 38% lower risk of dementia

A significant 22% lower risk of depressive symptoms

A significant 28% lower risk of falls

Colon cancer - Exercise rivals survival benefit of some drugs.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/asco/115838?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-06-02&mh=bdeeae4256eba66425e02fac375c689b&zdee=gAAAAABm4ucuXs9ueluLMeWkRLV0K-pMvtkDnZSq7M4sNd31UwEoROO6AukIKFPJlWOl5o9AVQmnT5dERB5gBmWv1sb_uynUuTNJdrVbLeelJi8biaZ-PnqZKXnmIRdSGM0dmpP7qcPh&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202025-06-02&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition

This show aired Friday, August 1, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

How Exercise Fights Anxiety and Depression

How Exercise Fights Anxiety and Depression - The New York Times

Decades of research have established that movement has a positive effect on mental health.

July 16, 2025 Isabelle Zhao for The New York Times

When it comes to mental health, most treatments for conditions like depression or anxiety come with caveats. Medications work for some symptoms, but can exacerbate others. Cognitive behavioral therapy is effective for many patients, but not all.

But there’s one strategy that seems to work for most people and almost all experts endorse, and that’s regular exercise.

This show aired Friday, July 25, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

How to reduce your risk and even reverse bone loss with exercise and evidence based supplements.

This show aired Friday, July 18, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

The best nutrients to support bone health. Bio-available calcium. Adequate vitamin K2. 5000 to 10,000 IU of vitamin D. Supplemental collagen in powder form.

The importance of weight-bearing exercise and strength training.

Why no one should ever take calcium carbonate, the most common form found in cheap calcium supplements and one a day multivitamins.

CASE STUDY - 65-year-old woman with osteopenia. Should she take Fosamax?

CASE STUDY - 72 year-old woman with Osteoporosis who had been taking Boniva.

This show aired Friday, July 11, 2025, on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Risk of Neurologic Disorder Rises for People Who Live Near Golf Courses | MedPage Today

Parkinson's

Living within 1 mile of a golf course was associated with more than double the odds of developing Parkinson's disease compared with living more than 6 miles away, found researchers led by Brittany Krzyzanowski, PhD, of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, reported in JAMA Network Open. May 2025. This was a study done in Minnesota involving 419 Parkinson's cases and 5,113 controls (median age was 72) from 1991 to 2015. They collected data from 139 golf courses and 224 water service areas.

The odds of getting Parkinson's disease decreased by 9% for every 1-mile increase in distance from a golf course, up to 18 miles.

This show aired Friday July 4th, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Key risk factors for Alzheimer’s Disease are linked to cognitive function as early as ages 24–44, highlighting the need for early prevention in the US.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(25)00097-3/fulltext

Creatine is a compound that comes from three amino acids. Creatine is found mostly in your body's muscles as well as in the brain. Most people get creatine through seafood and red meat — though at levels far below those found in synthetically made creatine supplements. The body's liver, pancreas and kidneys also can make about 1 gram of creatine per day.

Your body stores creatine as phosphocreatine primarily in your muscles, where it's used for energy. As a result, people take creatine orally to improve athletic performance and increase muscle mass.

People also use oral creatine to treat certain brain disorders, neuromuscular conditions, congestive heart failure and other conditions

Proper hydration is crucial when using creatine to minimize the risk of dehydration and muscle cramps.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-creatine/art-20347591

This show aired Friday June 27th on KDAR 98.3 FM.

A growing collection of evidence supports that creatine supplementation may improve health as individuals age, by lowering cholesterol and triglyceride levels, reducing fat accumulation in the liver, reducing homocysteine levels, serving as an antioxidant, enhancing glycemic control, slowing tumor growth in some types of cancers; increasing strength and/or muscle mass; minimizing bone loss; improving functional capacity in patients with fibromyalgia; positively influencing cognitive function; and in some instances, serving as an anti-depressant.

This show aired Friday, June 20th, on KDAR 98.3 FM.

What if you waited too long? Is there anything that can help if you’ve already got Alzheimer’s?

The benefits of cycling, driving a taxi, and getting adequate amounts of creatine in your diet.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/dementia/115984?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-06-09&mh=bdeeae4256eba66425e02fac375c689b&zdee=gAAAAABm4ucuXs9ueluLMeWkRLV0K-pMvtkDnZSq7M4sNd31UwEoROO6AukIKFPJlWOl5o9AVQmnT5dERB5gBmWv1sb_uynUuTNJdrVbLeelJi8biaZ-PnqZKXnmIRdSGM0dmpP7qcPh&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202025-06-09&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(11)01267-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS096098221101267X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/alzheimersdisease/115813?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-05-29&mh=bdeeae4256eba66425e02fac375c689b&zdee=gAAAAABm4ucuXs9ueluLMeWkRLV0K-pMvtkDnZSq7M4sNd31UwEoROO6AukIKFPJlWOl5o9AVQmnT5dERB5gBmWv1sb_uynUuTNJdrVbLeelJi8biaZ-PnqZKXnmIRdSGM0dmpP7qcPh

https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/trc2.70101

This show aired June 13, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Modern Medicine is always your best option to save your life in a crisis. If you need hospitalization, have an acute infection and need antibiotics, have a major injury or other condition that requires surgery, modern medicine could save your life.

But it also fails to help far too many people. People who have been to a dozen doctors or more and been told there's nothing wrong with them, and yet they're still suffering. Modern medicine does a very poor job of preventing and reversing chronic conditions like diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, hypothyroidism, sub-clinical anemia, and many other conditions involving nutrient deficiencies that impair your body's ability to heal itself.

Functional medicine means using standard diagnostic tests to identify earlier signs of stress on your body so that you can heal yourself, so that you can reverse disease and not become dependent on pharmaceuticals or rather invasive medical treatments for the rest of your life.

This show aired on Friday May 23, 2025, on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound, Semaglutide, Tirzepatide - these drugs are everywhere in the media. They have helped a lot of people lose weight. My job is usually in involves helping people who want to lose weight and achieve other health goals without taking drugs. But emerging research shows that these drugs have many benefits in addition to weight loss... They also improve heart health--By improving cardiac output, muscle contractility, and blood flow to the heart and reducing the size of arterial plaques. Their main function is to increase insulin production, delay sugar release from the liver, and delay emptying of the stomach so that you feel full. But new evidence also shows that they may have a protective effect on nerves, and increase your feeling of fullness by direct action on the brain, independent of all the effects on the digestive tract. New complementary protocols are also available which can help prevent the muscle loss that accompanies so many diets.

I’ve just attended an illuminating symposium which included a compelling module on the latest research into these weight loss medications and how to use them at lower doses, combined with healthy, functional medicine and lifestyle interventions, so that people who really need them can reverse diabetes, and/or lose the weight they’ve never been able to lose with other methods, and then keep it off.

This episode aired on Friday, March 21, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Synergistic toxicity is when the combined effective multiple chemicals is more harmful than the sum of the effects of each chemical alone. This can be dangerous because its chemical is designed to work on its own and all of the testing that's done is on one chemical at a time.

These toxins can be damaging to the liver, cause mitochondrial damage, cause oxidative stress, and drive inflammatory responses.

CASE STUDY: Man in his 60s with low energy, sleep problems. Came back later with a huge rash all over his neck back arms and hands.

Common synergistic toxins combinations people are exposed to.

This show aired Friday, February 14 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

EWG: The Dirty Dozen. The Clean Fifteen. 46 fruits and veggies tested every year.

EWG.org

PAN UK - Pesticide Action Network UK

The Dirty Dozen: Which Foods To Be Aware Of In 2024 - Together Against Cancer

More wildfire risks: toxic ash, contaminated drinking water.

This show aired Friday, February 7, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Most doctors are employees of corporations with a board of directors that dictate what they can and cannot do—private equity firms, contract management groups, hospitals, ‘health’ (medical) systems, and ‘health’ (medical) insurance companies. The primary goal of these boards of directors is maximizing profits, at the expense of your health. I work for you...

This show aired Friday, January 31 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Why most one-a-day multivitamins are nearly useless. Why nearly everyone should take a good (4 capsule) multi, for mineral deficiencies. Why most people should also supplement fish oil and vitamin D. The River of Life which must be kept well-stocked for your body to heal and repair itself.Case study: an 80 year-old woman drops blood pressure 30 points..

This show aired Friday, January 24, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

MYTH: “It’s totally normal to not have all the energy I used to have. Everyone slows down as they get older.“ REALITY: Most fatigue, tiredness, and lack of energy is caused by a dozen little things that are undetected by standard medical practice.

The show aired Friday January 17, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Wine benefits for cardiovascular health documented with new marker.

White bread out, salmon in: FDA updates healthy food labels.

This show aired Friday, January 10, 2025, on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Start the year out right with better food, adequate physical activity, clean water, and restful sleep. Three supplements nearly everyone needs to stay healthy. What is functional medicine?

This show aired Friday, January 3, 2025 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Most important supplements for osteoporosis.

This show aired Friday, December 27 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

How to identify quality supplements that will do what you want.

This show aired Friday December 20, 2024 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

The incidence of lung cancer in never-smokers (LCINS) is increasing, driven by dust in areas with prolonged severe drought, and wildfires, vaping, cannabis use, and effects of airborne carcinogen exposures arising from military conflict.

Benefits of 1-3 cups of coffee or tea per day.

Deep breathing exercises for reducing blood pressure.

This show aired Friday, December 13, 2024 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

How to identify a good multi-MINERAL supplement.

BASIC THREE nutrients MOST PEOPLE DON'T get enough of from food - MINERALS, Omega 3's, and Vitamin D.

Addressing cardiovascular health early in life may deter the onset or progression of cognitive impairment;

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/aha-scientific-statement-links-three-common-cardiovascular-2024a1000j32?ecd=wnl_tp10_daily_241018_MSCPEDIT_etid6918866&uac=128615AT&impID=6918866

Modified Citrus Pectin Blocks Gal-3 to Protect Against Post-Stroke Brain Injury

Modified Citrus Pectin Defends Against Cognitive Decline

Modified Citrus Pectin Protects Against Neurological Pain

This show aired Friday, December 6, 2024 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Where to get good health information on the internet, what to avoid.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/26/nx-s1-5205298/exposure-to-wildfire-smoke-increases-the-risk-of-developing-dementia-study-says

This show aired Friday, November 29 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

The chemicals in fine particulate matter that blanket the surface of the Earth for hundreds of miles around any wildfire, from furniture, home insulation, carpets, electronics, computers, cars, tires, etc. are highly toxic.

Protect yourself by changing the filter and your heating ventilation and air conditioning system. Better still get a good HEPA filter and run it all night in your bedroom.

Get the ducts cleaned in your HVAC system.

This show aired Friday, November 22 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Regular Self examinations.

Thermography

Mammograms when necessary

This show aired Friday, November 15 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

The river of life— your bloodstream. There are a construction crew waiting on both banks of the river to heal and repair every cell tissue and organ in your body. But if the necessary nutrients are not available, those healing projects get put on hold indefinitely.

Case studies

The show aired Friday, November 8 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Early detection is not prevention. Stop cancer before it starts.

Identify risk factors

Get better testing

Take better care of your overall health

The river of life… your bloodstream. Construction crew are waiting on both banks of this river for the nutrients needed to heal and repair cells tissues and organs throughout your body. If the nutrients aren’t available when needed, then those repair projects get put on hold indefinitely. Flooding your river of life with all the nutrients it needs gives your body a fighting chance. And creates outcomes that are unexpected, which sometimes people call miracles.

Case studies.

Early detection is not prevention. Stop cancer before it starts.

1. Identify risk factors
2. Get better testing
3. Take better care of your overall health

Case studies

This show aired October 1 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

47 year-old hairdresser with gas, bloating, nausea, sugar cravings, hair loss, poor concentration, headaches, dizziness, depression, anxiety, frequent colds, stuffy nose, cold hands and feet, and 50% less energy than she had five years ago.

After proper testing to identify numerous nutrient deficiencies and four months on a handful of supplements, she felt like a new person again.

COMING SOON: Live presentations at Binkley Healing Center on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:00pm.

Another Dozen Commonly Overlooked Causes of Fatigue.

This show aired Friday, October 25, 2024 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

7-Subclinical B-vitamin deficiency anemia – If your bone marrow lacks sufficient B6, folate and B12, to make adequate new red blood cells, your circulating RBCs get bigger to compensate. This is the best way to identify deficiencies of these essential B vitamins, the effect of which also constantly strains your heart and deprives cells throughout your body of sufficient oxygen.

8-Vascular inflammation – Have you had an ESR (Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate) test? This measures blood viscosity, which is increased by inflammation from many types of illness and stress.

9-Vitamin D deficiency – Your immune system can never function at its peak without sufficient vitamin D. Many other systems, organs and tissues throughout your body become impaired if you lack healthy levels (50 to 90 ng/ml).

10-Hydrochloric acid deficiency – A very common cause of low protein, B12, iron, calcium, magnesium, and other minerals, as well as intestinal infections. Normal production in the stomach is compromised by nutrient deficiencies and stress.

11-Coenzyme Q10 deficiency – Essential for every cell in your body, especially the kidneys, heart, and all your muscles, CoQ10 is made by your liver, but natural production peaks around age 25 then steadily declines.

12-Side effects of medications – All statins (cholesterol lowering drugs like Lipitor/Atorvastatin and Zocor/Simvastatin) directly block the production of CoQ10 in the liver. Very few people really need to take statins––if they’re willing to eat better food and take safe, effective cholesterol-lowering supplements. Antihistamines, Muscle relaxants, Antidepressants (Trazadone, Lexapro, Paxil, Prozac, Cymbalta, Effexor, Elavil), Beta blockers (Metoprolol, Propranolol) Opioids (hydrocodone, oxycodone, codeine, Tramadol) and Benzodiazepines (used to treat anxiety and seizure disorders––Lorazepam/Ativan, Diazepam/Valium, Alprazolam/Xanax, Clonazepam/Klonopin all frequently cause fatigue and drowsiness. Many people need these medications; but safe, effective, natural alternatives are often available.

This show aired Friday, October 18 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

1-Iron deficiency anemia - Subclinical iron deficiency anemia – Have you had a ferritin test? If the iron ‘storage tank’ in your body is running on empty, you have functional anemia, which puts a constant strain on your heart, and may be depriving cells throughout your body of adequate oxygen.

2-Pre-diabetes – Have you had an A1c test? Anything above 5.6 is a potential problem.

3-Low protein – Many people who eat plenty of good protein are surprised to learn the protein level in their blood is insufficient for optimal healing and repair (<7.00).

4-Dehydration – Most adults really need to drink two quarts, and maybe even a gallon of water daily to flush out toxins and keep their brain, joints, kidneys and cardiovascular system functioning properly.

5-Subclinical hypothyroidism – You may not need a prescription for Levothyroxine yet, but the thyroid is the furnace of the endocrine system––it keeps everything else cooking at the proper speed and temperature. A slight deficiency has profound long-term effects.

6-Chronic subclinical infections – Too many bad bacteria in your gut, gums or sinuses may be constantly depleting your immune system.

This show aired Friday, October 11 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Any woman who has a heavy menstrual cycle who is not supplementing iron will very likely have functional anemia.

Functional anemia means a slight deficiency in the nutrients required for your bone marrow to make adequate red blood cells. Iron is the most important nutrient your bone marrow needs to make adequate red blood cells, but B12, folate, and vitamin B six are also often important, and I find deficiency in these All the time.

A slight anemia puts a constant mild strain on your heart. I’m going to say that again— a slight anemia puts a constant mild strain on your heart.

It can raise your blood pressure, it can increase your risk of a stroke, and it will almost always contribute to fatigue, tiredness, lack of energy, and delayed healing of any part of your body. If you make it more difficult for any part of your body to get all of the oxygen it needs all day long and all night long, healing and repairing of that tissue will be delayed— whether it’s your liver, kidneys, your muscles, tendons, and ligaments, your skin, and especially your joints and nerves, which are the slowest healing tissues in your body.

This show aired Friday, October 4 on KDAR 98.3 FM

The quality and quantity of the food you eat, and the level of physical activity you incorporate into your daily life, are almost always the most important things anyone can do to enhance their health and prevent and reverse chronic diseases. Like heart disease and diabetes. Your can dramatically reduce your risk of most of the things people end up sick and debilitated with as they get older, because most disease conditions are caused by things like stress, identifiable nutrient deficiencies, lousy food, lack of exercise and general neglect.

Moist heat for relieving muscle cramps.

Cramps in nearby muscles that can mimic or exacerbate menstrual cramps and how to relieve them.

CASE STUDY: A teenager whose menstrual cramps were so bad she was considering ending her life. Medication didn’t work. Safe effective natural treatment to relax muscles that have been spasming far too much for years completely relieved her pain.

This show aired Friday, September 27, 2024 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Everyone over 50 should be checking their blood pressure. Even younger people, if you have significant stress, anxiety, sleeplessness, irritability, frequent bouts of anger, tight muscles throughout your body, situations in your life you frequently find difficulty coping with, you should be checking your blood pressure.

Other causes of high blood pressure and how to reverse them with better food, exercise, and supplements.

This show aired Friday, September 20, 2024 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

High blood pressure has no symptoms. If you want to be proactive, it’s very important to periodically check your blood pressure. Especially if you’re over 50, and or you have any significant stress in your life. When identified early enough, high blood pressure can often be controlled without drugs. If you find that your blood pressure is beyond your control, then taking medication for this can be very important.

Privacy - the benefits of getting testing done that no one else has to know about.

Sodium potassium ratio - more important than total sodium intake. If you get enough potassium, it offset the amount of sodium you consume. The best place to get potassium is from food, not from a supplement.

The latest blood pressure guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology. High blood pressure = 140/90. Normal = 120/70. New category: ELEVATED blood pressure = 120-129/70-90. New treatment recommendations: Use lifestyle modifications only 3 months—relaxation techniques, better sleep, exercise and potassium from food. Avoid overtreating older patient’s blood pressure with medication, and any patients who get dizzy or lightheaded when standing quickly—a classic sign that you’re taking too much or the wrong kind of blood pressure medication.

Lower your own blood pressure by getting 75 minutes per week of intense exercise, or 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity exercise.

This show aired Friday, September 13, 2024 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

CASE STUDY; 58 year-old stroke victim with significant loss of arm and leg function makes complete recovery.

Benefits and good tasting brands of natural sweeteners - liquid Stevia and Allulose syrup.

Ubiquitously prescribed cholesterol lowering statin drugs are associated with an increased risk of diabetes, myalgia or muscle weakness, myopathy, liver disease, renal insufficiency, and eye disease. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.044071

Natural alternatives for lowering cholesterol and reducing risk of heart disease.

Better tests for measuring cardiovascular disease risk, and documenting reduced risk.

The benefits of owning a dog for cardiovascular and mental and emotional health.

This show aired Friday, September 6th on KDAR 98.3 FM.

CASE STUDY: 67-year-old man with loss of memory, focus, concentration, and brain fog.

Things anyone can do to improve brain health: managing stress levels with techniques like meditation and deep breathing or biofeedback. Making sure you’re getting adequate sleep—7 to 8 hours of sleep per night and making sure that you feel rested when you wake up. How to identify nutrients you may be missing to maintain cardiovascular health.

The importance of avoiding artificial sweeteners like xylitol, erythritol (Truvia), sucralose (Splenda), Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal), saccharine. All artificial sweeteners are bad. They jangle your nerves, disrupt appetite suppressant hormones, increase sugar cravings, and make diabetes and obesity worse. Some also increase your risk of cardiovascular disease, systemic inflammation, disruptions in the normal gut microbiome, and increase anxiety.

Better alternatives - natural sweeteners like liquid Stevia and Allulose.

This show aired Friday, August 30th on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Fish oil reduces risk of dementia. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2821809

New Alzheimer’s blood test more accurate than most primary care doctors and neurologists diagnoses. https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aaic/111274?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2024-07-28&mh=bdeeae4256eba66425e02fac375c689b&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%202024-07-28&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition

Intermittent fasting may prevent cognitive decline.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aaic/111363?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2024-08-04&mh=bdeeae4256eba66425e02fac375c689b&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%202024-08-04&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition

Heavy metals predict heart disease.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/prevention/111319?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2024-08-01&mh=bdeeae4256eba66425e02fac375c689b&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%202024-08-01&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition

Sucralose increases risk of heart disease.

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/do-artificial-sweeteners-really-help-people-diabetes-2024a1000bhv?ecd=WNL_trdalrt_pos1_240620_etid6611930&uac=128615AT&impID=6611930

This show aired Friday, August 23 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Gut microbes can affect your nervous system through the gut-brain axis — the network of nerves, neurons and neurotransmitters that runs through your GI tract. Certain bacteria actually produce or stimulate the production of neurotransmitters (like serotonin) that send chemical signals to your brain.

Gut microbes secrete hormones that regulate aspects of your metabolism, including blood sugar, hunger and satiety.

Just like a garden, your gut microbiome is affected by the nutrients and pollutants it’s exposed to.

Your gut microbiome requires a variety of plant fibers to thrive. Different organisms prefer different whole foods. In turn, they produce short-chain fatty acids and other byproducts that nourish your gut and lower the pH inside, which favors the more beneficial microbes.

On the other hand, a diet high in sugar and saturated fats tends to favor the less helpful types of microorganisms. Processed foods not only lack fiber and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) but also tend to come with many additives and preservatives, which can be harmful to your microbiome.

Chemicals that may poison your microbiome include environmental toxins like alcohol, tobacco smoke and pollutants. Additionally, pesticides like antibiotics can wipe out the good bacteria along with the bad. Other medications, like acid blockers, can affect your microbiome by changing the pH inside.

The movement of food and waste through your GI tract helps to distribute different microbes into different places along the way. If it’s too fast, they don’t have time to settle or to do their jobs before clearing out. But if it’s too slow, they can overeat and overgrow, spreading beyond their territory.

This show aired Friday August 16th on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Bacteria in your gut help break down certain complex carbohydrates and dietary fibers that you can’t break down on your own. They produce short-chain fatty acids — an important nutrient — as byproducts. They also provide the enzymes necessary to synthesize certain vitamins, including B1, B9, B12 and K.

Beneficial microbes in your gut help to train your immune system to tell them apart from the unhelpful, pathogenic types. Your gut is your largest immune system organ, containing up to 80% of your body’s immune cells. These cells help to clear out the many pathogens that pass through it every day.

Short-chain fatty acids, the byproducts of helpful gut bacteria, help maintain your gut barrier, keeping the bacteria and bacterial toxins inside from escaping into your bloodstream. They also have anti-inflammatory properties for your gut.

This show aired Friday August 9th on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Who should test adrenal function with a saliva cortisol test?

Cortisol receptors are present and almost every tissue in the body and affect nearly every organ system. Cortisol affects your nervous system your immune system, your cardiovascular system your respiratory system your reproductive system and your muscular skeletal system - your muscles, tendons, ligaments and bones.

Appropriate amounts of cortisol help balance blood sugar, control weight, keep your bones strong and your immune system healthy. Cortisol helps with good sleep, and mood. It affects protein synthesis, influences your testosterone/estrogen ratio your DHEA/insulin ratio and your pituitary and thyroid glands.

CAUSES of EXCESS CORTISOL

Stress, depression, oral contraceptives, infections, poor sleep, inflammation, hypoglycemia, pain, and exposure to toxins.

CAUSES of LOW CORTISOL

Nutrient deficiencies, stress, Dysbiosis (too many bad bacteria not enough good bacteria in the gut), chronic inflammation, chronic pain, toxic exposure, over exercising, hypoglycemia, poor sleep, depression, and severe allergies.

EXCESS CORTISOL results in compromised immune function, confusion, shaking us between meals, impaired memory, low energy, night sweats, binge eating, increased blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, high blood sugar, increase risk of osteoporosis, increase insulin resistance and risk of diabetes. Increased infections, thin skin, fatigue, irritability, sugar cravings,, muscle weakness, weight gain, sleep disturbances, impaired thyroid function—especially conversion of T4 to the active form T3, increase risk of leaky gut syndrome.

ABNORMAL CORTISOL levels are associated with menopause, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, depression, impotence, anorexia nervosa, diabetes, memory loss, irritable bowel syndrome, exacerbation of multiple sclerosis, panic disorders, premenstrual syndrome, fertility, sleep disorders, osteoporosis, heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, breast cancer, and Alzheimer’s.

Reduce stress by releasing chronic patterns of tension in muscles and joints with non-force chiropractic and tailored stretches.

Case Report: 57 year-old man with severe knee pain, addicted to OxyContin.

This show aired Friday August 2nd on KDAR 98.3 FM.

SYMPTOMS of low testosterone in WOMEN - muscle wasting, weight gain, fatigue, low self-esteem, decreased good cholesterol, dry thin skin, dry thinning hair, droopy eyelids, sagging cheeks, thin lips. Anxiety, poor memory.

CAUSES of low testosterone in WOMEN - menopause, childbirth, chemotherapy, adrenal stress, endometriosis, depression, psychological trauma, birth control pills, cholesterol medication.

CAUSES of LOW Testosterone in Men

Steroids like prednisone, hydrocortisone and dexamethasone, used to treat allergies asthma and autoimmune diseases.

Internal belly fat lower testosterone and it is often a complication of diabetes.

Chemicals like bisphenol a, the BPA that used to be in widespread use in plastics, and heavy metals can also lower testosterone.

CASE STUDY of a 61-year-old man with decreased performance, lack of energy and strength, lack of mental focus, gas, bloating, and bouts of constipation and diarrhea.

NATURAL ways to raise TESTOSTERONE

Exercise - this can be tricky for men and women, because of fatigue. So the right type and amount is important.

Decrease caloric intake - By eating less grains starch and sugar, and more fresh vegetables.

Increase protein intake, supplement amino acids arginine,leucine, and glutamine

Get 7 to 8 hours of sleep for tonight. Reduce stress. Get adequate zinc.

Supplements to raise testosterone.

DHEA - Natural precursor for testosterone and estrogen.

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION - Causes, natural treatment.

This show aired Friday, July 26 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Side effects of carcinogenic synthetic progestins in traditional hormone replacement therapy vs natural progesterone produced by your body, and available in safe, plant-based transdermal sources.

The importance of estrogen-progesterone balance.

Adrenal support for people who are stressed.

CASE STUDY - 62-year-old woman with headaches, low thyroid, disappointing results with hormone replacement therapy, thinning hair, sugar cravings, low blood pressure, lightheadedness when standing quickly, swelling, fatigue after eating, loose bowel movements, and bruising.

BOOK; What You Must Know About Women’s Hormones, by Pamela Smith, MD. Great resource to educate yourself.

Cost of salivary hormone testing, and how to do it. Sample report available at DoctorsData.com. Or email Dr. Binkley: drbinkley@binkleyhealingcenter.com.

This show aired Friday, July 19 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

Comprehensive Saliva Hormone Test. Four sample collection to measure normal adrenal cortisol curve plus average levels of estrogen, progesterone, testosterone and precursor DHEA.

Case Study: 76 year old breast cancer survivor whose cancer had estrogen receptors, with poor mental focus, fatigue, night sweats, low libido, leg cramps, tingling,

Who should get a saliva hormone test?

People who are unsatisfied with their current therapy.

Men who suspect they have low testosterone.

People who are afraid to get their hormones checked because they’re worried about risks and side effects of traditional hormone replacement therapy.

People with Heart Disease, Memory Loss, Osteoporosis.

Lesser known SYMPTOMS of LOW ESTROGEN - varicose veins, urinary tract infections, palpitations, panic attacks, strange dreams, memory lapse, hair growth on the face, weight gain.

Important hormone blood tests: Thyroid, fertility menstruation issues.

This show aired Friday, July 12 on KDAR 98.3 FM.

In 2002 Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study showed that traditional synthetic hormone replacement therapy increased risk of cancer and heart disease.,

“After that, clinicians decided they no longer needed to worry about being educated about menopause because there was really nothing to do for menopause if we weren't going to use hormone therapy.” — Stephanie Faubion MD, director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Women's Health and medical director for the Menopause Society.

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/dont-fear-hormone-therapy-prescribe-it-correctly-2024a1000ay7?ecd=wnl_infocu1_broad_broad_persoexpansion-algo_20240629_etid6633523&uac=128615AT&impID=6633523

The importance of saliva hormone testing for menopausal symptoms.

RISKS of traditional synthetic hormone replacement therapy. BENEFITS of plant-based, low-dose hormone support.

Case Study: 58 year-old woman with overwhelming stress, brain fog, fatigue, and irritability.

This show aired Friday July 5th on KDAR 98.3 FM.

British Medical Journal denounces secrecy surrounding data used for current standards recommending widespread use of statin drugs.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/110734?xid=nl_secondopinion_2024-06-23&eun=g2230882d0r

How to reduce cholesterol by 25-50 points with better food and supplements.

How to reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke even if your cholesterol is high.

How statin drugs block production of CoQ10 - the most important enzyme your body needs to heal and repair heart muscle.

Case Study: Unexplained FATIGUE caused by iron deficiency anemia, slightly low thyroid, B12 deficiency, and mild chronic infection.

Why most iron supplements often cause stomach upset and constipation. The better form of iron which causes no side effects.

Appendix acts as a safe house for beneficial bacteria.

This show aired Friday, June 28 on KDAR 98.3 FM.