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So today, we're gonna talk about something that isn't gonna sound very sexy but you need to manage your blood sugar, period. I'm morphing more into doing a little bit more education on blood sugar because over this past year so many of the cases that came in here were their success just hung on the ability of us to get their blood sugar correct. And people would commonly say, "Well, I don't have a blood sugar problem" (laughs) I'll say, Well you filled out my assessment form and there's 16 symptoms on there that would indicate that you have a blood sugar problem if you mark them down and you have all of them. So then the next retort from the patient is usually, but my blood tests are normal kinda like the Hashimoto's thing. And I'm telling you that is so common. I found that when I get patients from other practitioners, alternative practitioners and functional medicine practitioners, the first thing I look at now is the blood sugar because it's just not really emphasized the way that it should be. Why is it important? First of all, blood sugar is used by every single every single cell in your body. We did a back to basics of functional medicine I did do a segment on blood sugar. I think this one's gonna sound a little different than that one, but in the end in that segment we talked about how blood sugar is foundational to everything. Every cell in your body needs proper balance of blood sugar every single cell in your body has insulin receptors so that sugar can get in there. And sugar works with your, the mitochondria these little energy mechanisms in your cells to create energy. Okay, too much blood sugar is not good too little blood sugar is not good. Hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia. Well I don't have hypoglycemia. The vast majority of patients who come in here have hypoglycemia. But their numbers are normal. If you look at that... And so this goes back to the functional medicine model has different ranges but even within the functional medicine ranges A lot of times the lab tests are normal while this person is sitting there if I don't eat, I get irritable, shaky, I wanna choke my wife or my husband, I get agitated, I get anxiety, I crave sweets, and you cannot even begin to go into all of the things that physiologically are affected by that. For example, your thyroid hormones can't convert properly into active thyroid hormones in other words you've got a perfectly normal thyroid and yet if your blood sugar's off, your thyroid hormones may not be converting into the proper form to actually activate your energy in your cells. If your blood sugar's fluctuating all over the place, you may not be able to make the proper neurons in your brain to be happy, to be motivated. If you don't have them, you may be you may have anxiety, you may have a. .. even as much as panic attacks So the blood sugar is incredibly important. I think the thing that I'm wanting to say today is most of you have normal blood sugar tests. People come in here I mean like 70% of people come in here that blood sugar abnormality is a big part of their symptom picture that they're coming in here for. Whether it's Hashimoto's or another autoimmune disease or gut problem and no one's even talked to them about it. Because the blood tests were normal. And so the thing is there's like seven different levels of blood sugar abnormalities, for a medical doctor to tell you that you have hypoglycemia, low blood sugar I mean you have you be practically dead. I mean, you're supposed to be like it's supposed to be the numbers less than 60 or 50 depending on who you're looking at. By that time,

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In this segment of Functional Medicine Back to Basics Dr. Rutherford discusses the adrenals and their roll in chronic conditions.

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Hi, Dr. Martin Rutherford, we're here today, continuing the series on functional medicine back to basics, and today we're, going to go on to speak about the notorious adrenal glands, and I kind of I'm kind of Looking forward this, you could talk about the adrenals forever, but there's there's, several things that I did.

I several points that I really want to hit, because when I first got into this, I got into it in a different way than a lot of people get into alternative medicine. And I wasn't brought up on the. If you can't fix the adrenals, you can't fix anything much from, and in fact I had a I had a doctor one day.

I was sitting here in my doctors quarters and he he was just going into functional medicine and he he was coming over here to see. If we had some extra equipment, we could help him with and, and he looked in the door, it said doc I'm.

Going into functional metastasis can't fix anything. If you don't fix the adrenals, and I went like oh yeah that's. True, it's kind of not true. We already have a presentation online from several years ago on, I think it's called the adrenals or the wrong target.

I mean if I would, if I would edit that I would probably say they aren't, always the initial target and meaning that my experience with the adrenal glands prior to the then, where have been any functional medicine doctor that you went to well, There was no functional medicine, then any alternative doctor or alternative medical doctor that you went into two things they always did.

They always gave you something for your thyroid and they always gave you something for your adrenals. Either they gave you a cortisol boost for your adrenals. They give you a shot for your adrenals. They gave you a supplement support.

They gave you something for your adrenals because duh everybody ' S stressed out right. So it's. The adrenals you can't fix anything because the adrenals do a lot of things. The adrenals are the they really are given their dubai, being called stress, glands, because then it makes everybody think that it's, all about emotional stress, and certainly it's about emotional stress that can be about.

Eventually, it can be about mental stress, it can be about unhealthy relationships. All of those things can create stress hormones that will or situations where your pituitary glands time your adrenal to put out stress hormones, but it's, but there's.

So many things that affect the adrenals and so, for example, you you can have food sensitivities. If you have food sensitivities, let me let me step back on this. So what happens when they? How do how the adrenals get activated? Basically, something happens where you either hit the fear center of your brain.

We'll, go with the mental stress first, that hits the fear center of your brain, so that is called the amygdala. So your frontal lobe here goes there's. Danger I don't like this. I don't like that person.

I'm, not happy with this situation, and and - and it tells this part of your brain called the amygdala to that and that's. The fear center, your brain, that we need energy. We need energy because I'm, going into kind of a little fight flight response here or a big fight flight response, and then that amygdala tells the party a part of your midbrain.

Your brain stem. Where your fight/flight response neurons are, your sympathetic nervous system is what it's called to tell your adrenals be to start putting out stress hormones,

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In this segment of Functional Medicine Back to Basics Dr. Rutherford discusses the liver and its roll in chronic conditions.

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Hi, Dr. Martin Rutherford here again talking about today, the liver, so for those of you who are just turning in because you looked online and saw than worse, researching liver. For some reason, this is a series that's, being done relative to the title of its back to basics.

As far as functional medicine back to basics and back the basics means this is kind of a classic functional medicine overall protocols that that I think one should expect to experience if they go into a functional medicine practitioners office.

Unless the practitioner lets. You know that you know I'm, not doing that type of functional medicine, so to speak and and so so back to basics, liver and for those of you again who are just tuning in, I walked through this it from the eyes of a Daily practitioner and what they actually see in practice so, for example, on liver, I'm, not going to be going through cirrhosis and all the herpes viruses and all that we might touch on the virus a little bit because that's.

Not what we see we don ' T generally see people coming in here. You know a ten phase, you know liver cirrhosis in an alcoholic, you know cirrhosis or hepatitis or I just I rarely see those things that person is already gone and to the medical field and and and gotten all the tests and and and then they come here Or they or they get fixed that way, so so the livers kind of interesting in our world, the liver, does well, okay, just a little brief.

We had livers pretty wild the liver. When I was in school, they said it did 250 things ten years ago. They said 350 things and now it's delivered us 500 things. It truly is an amazing organ. It is massively regenerative.

So for all of you, we ' Ll talk a little bit about fatty, liver for all those of you out there. They have fatty liver, which I see a lot. If you, if you do the right things, you have to worry about it, I mean it's got to be really really gone for you to not get rid of that fatty liver.

So the liver is, is just it's, four different lobes. They all do different things. It's, a detoxification center. Everything that you dump into your body that doesn't belong there, that liver tries to neutralize or get rid of there's.

Several there there's like seven different pathways in the liver that detoxify there sulfone ization glue. Colorization big one to me is the glutathione pathway, because I see a lot of autoimmune patients kind of hard to get autoimmunity.

If you have enough glutathione, which is probably a separate topic for another day, it stores a lot of our nutrients particularly, is important in blood sugar management. It and, and so it makes vitamin K, it stores a lot of other fat soluble vitamins and has a has a it, has a process as fat, its cholesterol triglycerides.

It has to do with making proteins. Oh, my god, it's, just like that's 500 things, so you could go on up for a long time. Processing the vitamins and but the big thing by the time person gets here, is usually it's, not working right because of the lifestyle that the patient has had before they've gotten here, or maybe the patient's.

Been working around toxins, or maybe we'll talk about some of the some viruses. What a herpes virus might mean to somebody who has a chronic condition, but mostly for us and another big thing that the liver does is it clears out all your hormones, and I mentioned that one because that another big thing it does and one that we see Mostly here is the liver,

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In this segment of Functional Medicine Back to Basics Dr. Rutherford discusses the gallbladder and its roll in chronic conditions.

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Hi, Dr. Martin Rutherford here certified functional medicine practitioner and other things. We're gonna talk about one of my favorite subjects today, so and and and then something you're gonna, like your really weird or whatever it is, but we're gonna talk about the gallbladder today.

This is like there's like the continuation of the functional medicine back to basics. Again, for those of you who may just have seen gallbladder and I don't know. Yet what we're titling this or for those of the you who are just looking at gallbladder? Maybe this is the first time this is one in a series of presentations on what classic functional medicine should look like and and and and the emphasis on the is on the fact that there's, a hierarchy to functional medicine and the way it Should be approached, and we've, been through that hierarchy from the very beginning of how to even evaluate a patient as to whether they should be a patient to what the basics are to to.

We're, called the the priorities of blood sugar and oxygen, and those have you been watching know what I'm talking about. So we've gone through the we've gone through the intestines. We've gone through leaky gut.

We've gone through chemical sensitivities, pancreas stomach. We've gone through ulcers. We've gone through all that in an organized fashion. There is a hierarchy as to the way you should address a person's overall case, and there's and there's, a specific hierarchy within the framework of that as to how you should address a gut function.

There's like 35 different things that can cause gut issues and a lot of people today know Co, functional medicine, as I do the former program or the flybar program for the gut, and I got on the autoimmune, Paleo diet and I took a Bunch of supplements that I got on dr.

so-and-so this thing for leaky gut or SIBO or whatever it is, and didn't work. So what's? Going on what's, going on as a person, didn't, follow the hierarchy and in hierarchy of trying to get an intestines under control.

Any other things I just got mentioning there's, a couple of major major players that if you miss them, you could do all the all the intestinal permeability you want. You can do all the liver flushes you want.

You can do all of the all of the SIBO diets and supplements and all the time and you're, not getting better ever and one of the two biggest things and those have you been watching know what the other one is.

Hydrochloric acid. In the stomach, I wanted two biggest things: if you don't fix, if you have it, you don't fix it, you don't know you have it to fix it. You it's missing and you don't fix that.

How can you fix that? We'll talk about it? Okay, then you're. Not getting better is the gallbladder. The gallbladder is like ginormously important to us. You wouldn't think so with a gajillion gallbladder is coming out.

I think it's. I think it's, God. How much is it seventy five thousand? I forget. I actually have notes in front of me today. I don't, usually use notes, okay, but the gallbladder to me is so huge. It's, so important that I really want to.

I'm, not good at statistics and stuff, like that. I'm, not great at numbers so, but I really wanted you to get the whole idea of what's going on now. Most of you know, and so I'm gonna - be looking down and reading off my notes.

So if that looks unprofessional, then too bad that's, where we're gonna, do it so so is it gallbladder? Do okay,

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Hi, Dr. Martin Rutherford, we're next segment of functional medicine back to basics. Last time we were talking about stomach and it's and its place in the great hierarchy of taking care of patients with functional medicine.

The the concept that I keep hoping to get to you is that there are a lot of moving pieces to this there's, an organization to it. You really need to in the beginning, when you attack a case kind of get a feel for what all the moving parts are for.

That particular patient is what we've been talking. We've talked about that there's. What we've, been talking about up until now, and and now we are at the pancreas and pancreas is kind of interesting.

Most people know pancreas relative to somebody who drinks too much acute pancreatitis. Most people know that that's, not a good thing, and that if you hear that you start making plans and not always, but it's, you know when their pancreas gets that bad.

It's. It's. You, it couldn't, frequently be a life in death situation. Most people know pancreas with diabetes, particularly diabetes type 1. People are getting real familiar with their pancreas, but it's.

Interesting. We don't normally see the pancreas being a huge huge player in our world as far as the necessity to start throwing pancreatic enzymes on it are our bovine pancreatic tissue at it or anything like that, because of the way that we dressed cases, The way that classic functional medicine should address cases symptoms of the pancreas.

I have a cheat sheet here. Okay, so difficulty digesting roughage our fiber okay and it's, not so not after protein. It's, a lot of it's very similar symptoms to lack of hydrochloric acid, which we talked about last week, and you get these symptoms after you.

But you get these symptoms after you digest a starch, not after its starch fibers. Not after you digest protein, okay, so difficulty digesting roughage and fiber indigestion and fullness lasting two to four hours after eating, because you're, not digesting those the roughage or the fiber pain, tenderness, soreness on the left side of the rib cage.

Okay, so pancreas actually goes from about here over. Can you see the kidneys I'm, not sure. If you can see this, it actually goes from here over all the way to here kind of behind the stomach, and so you can get it.

Excessive passage of gas can be a number of things, and but certainly if your pancreatic enzymes aren't doing their job, then you can get excessive passage of gas, nausea vomiting you get nausea and vomiting from the stomach.

You can get it from the liver. You can get it from anything that stimulates your vagus nerve, but you can get nausea vomiting from the pancreas, so it's, not like. Oh. I got nausea vomiting it's, the pancreas okay.

It's like you got to start looking around, go okay, it's. Can I do. I have no stomach problems. Pancreas problems, stool, undigested, foul-smelling mucous like and greasy and poorly formed, and and I'll, maybe kind of a little bit like the gallbladder.

Okay, it could kind of float. You're gonna find out why, in a second, because the gallbladder and the pancreas kind of work together and when one stops working the other one kind of stops working a frequent loss of appetite.

These are the most common symptoms of gallbladder function. A lot of them are similar to symptoms of not having enough hydrochloric acid, and I tell you that not to confuse you, not enough. Hydrochloric acid talked about in the last segment is usually usually due to stomach, not having enough hydrochloric acid in your stomach,

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Chemical Sensitivities can be a major issue for many of our patient population. Today Dr. Rutherford will discuss them and how they fit into his treatment flow.

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Hi Dr. Martin Rutherford today we're, going to be going over and continue our series on functional medicine back to basics. We, for those of you have been following. You know it's, a whole series. I'm. Taking you from beginning to end the what functional medicine should look like if you walk into a functional medicine practitioners office and it doesn't.

Look like this trust me. They're, not practicing classic functional medicine. There's. A lot of moving pieces to it, we're, trying to give you all of those pieces, the piece and last week we talked about leaky gut.

We talked about intestinal permeability and how it relates to chronic conditions, chronic pain, how you address it? How you prevent it from being sabotaged once you've, gotten done with your leaky gut.

Everybody comes in here today knows about leaky gut, they've done it, but it's back by the time they get here. We do a test on them and they got like it Willie. He got that's blown wide open and they wonder why.

So we just so we and and and then we talked about how that could be stressed. It could be that they didn't, have a hydrogen of hydrochloric acid on and on and on so that's. That's last week again, and I mentioned that because again this layers on top of each other.

Today, we're talking about multiple chemical sensitivities. Okay, when you're, when you're, when you're, go to functional medicine, most people come to my office or coming in for chronic conditions.

Okay, they're not coming in, because their diabetes is off. Some come in for weight loss, but the vast majority come in here with dizziness vertigo balance: migraines fibromyalgia, peripherally chronic fatigue, irritable, bowel syndrome, Crohn's; disease rheumatoid arthritis.

Most people come in here with with chronic conditions that usually have an autoimmune component to it and or or and frequently also have a stress component to it. You put those two things together and your entire system starts to collapse varies from person to person, so there's, a number of different, pretty well defined and known categories as to how to address those problems.

But the problem is on the internet. They're, not well-defined. You're, a million different people talking about a different things. You know must be that one, this one it's. Not that way, so we so so we '

Ve talked about the bowels, we talked about large and small intestines. We've talked about leaky gut, even though it's very difficult. To clearly say this is the next thing. Next thing we're going to talk about? Is going to be chemical sensitivities because you can't get chemical sensitivities without having a leaky gut okay, so we've already dealt with the leaky gut.

You almost can't have chemical sensitivities. If you have a strong frontal lobe now, we have not talked about that, because that's, separate that's, that's like that's like functional neurology, but but but we will talk about it as Time goes on, you almost can't hat.

You almost can't have chemical sensitivities. If you're, if you're, if you have enough glutathione, so we're. So let's, talk about multiple chemical sensitivities, so chemical sense, since they reside patients that come in here and and some of them I've.

Had the patients coming here ago. I can't be in here. Well, I'd, say why? Well we're. I don't know there's, just something in here that you know I can smell your your front desk person who is like a hundred feet a...

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Today Dr. Rutherford will be going over the next segment in our Functional Medicine series discussing Leaky Gut.

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Hi, this is Dr. Martin Rutherford, clinic director here at Power Health, and we're, continuing our series on functional medicine back to basics; the effort to continue to present to you the public, some data on.

Maybe what your visit to a functional medicine practitioner may be, should look like and or and or maybe how you should be getting treated. We are kind of into the area now, where we're talking about you're in the office and you're getting taken care of, and as this is being confirmed that this very moment by my mentors that there Is a hierarchy to care and that's? What I'm trying to present here it's.

This is not about throwing spitballs at the wall are looking at some sort of an assessment form and saying you have a hundred different symptoms. Let's drove thirty two different supplements out it that's, not functional medicine.

Ok! So last week we did our last at least the last episode we did intestines we did the intestines and the intestines in general, or, as most people know, a significant factor in our health. A growing understanding of the microbiome is is is, is really fueling our ability to to take care of more and more symptoms in a better quicker or more efficient fashion.

And so we started off with the intestines in and of themselves and and and how they can affect just so many things we're kind of kind of going to go on to the next aspect of that a classic functional medicine doctor should be.

Should be following some sort of an order, this is an assessment form that, probably you can argue, was one of the starts of functional medicine. It has different categories: it's relatively organized in the categories of a relative order of the way you should think of attacking that person's physiology.

The person fills it out and it tells you what symptoms they have they have patterns. Should jump off and then you should look at those patterns relative to some sort of an organized thought and then attack in that direction.

Last week we did intestines. Then we're, going to kind of continue with intestines. We're gonna do leaky gut okay and we're used to yeah. I don't know I'm, a stickler for language in terms and the matura intestinal permeability, because it's.

Not a colloquial term because when you're talking to a medical doctor, some medical doctors, you're talking to serious people. They got like you got that's, a stupid thing. It doesn't exist and that term kind of lends it to that, but it exists and there's.

I know there's at least a hundred and twenty-five different research projects on this that have been done. As of a couple of years ago, I don't even know how many there must be now so in so leaky gut is actually starting to find its way into the literature as a term leaky gut, and this is - and this is a kind Of a really significant one, because here's, one of the problems that I've observed - and I and I think I was one of the first functional medicine practitioners in the poll.

I think it's. I think it's, legitimate to say that we were doing we're, doing functional medicine when nobody knew what it was and nobody was showing up the classes. And so I've, gotten a chance, an opportunity to to observe how how this has evolved and it hasn't completely evolved the way it was intended that's.

Why? I'm. Presenting this series. Functional medicine is not a term. That is something that is, is regulated, so anybody can call themselves a functional medicine practitioner and but it really has a speci...

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In this episode of Functional Medicine - Back to Basics Dr. Rutherford begins to delve into the nuances of how he goes about treating patients who are suffering with chronic conditions. Today he will be discussing the large intestines and why they are one of the first things that may be tackled.

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Hi Dr. Martin Rutherford this is the next in a series of our functional medicine back to basics. I've. Had many people clamoring to me when you're gonna start doing the asset with the treatment part.

So I'm, doing the treatment part, and so so we've talked about basics, we've talked about about exams, we've talked about histories, we've talked about priorities. We've talked about really the foundational stuff that needs to be set up for your treatments, even to really be effective in in the functional medicine world.

A lot of times we've talked about how, when you do those back to basics, then when you do those basics that that a lot of times a lot of times, a lot of the problems will clear up, doing blood sugar, doing stress hormones.

Doing doing low blood pressure and getting those things under control, you can look back at the at the segment on priorities to see what I'm talking about. If that's, something that sounded like that was interesting to you.

So once you start getting the physiology and under control there's, there's, a there's. I think the important thing in functional medicine is there's, a hierarchy of care, and fact I was just at a seminar this past weekend with my mentor dr.

KRAS Ian, and he was talking about gut function and he was. He was talking about a north, the South approach, meaning you should look at the gut from north, meaning your mouth to south, meaning the other end of the other end, and and you should - and you should look at it in a specific order.

Well, that expands across the board to to every case that comes in here. If you have a person where people come here with neurological cases, dizziness vertigo balance migraine people come here with gut cases, people come here, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, thought Hashimoto's, autoimmune.

Those types of things that expands a gut as part of that, but but but you have to evaluate that case and then you have to figure out for that particular case. What should a specific hierarchy be for that case now that doctor I just mentioned doctor Razi and actually developed something called a metabolic assessment for him.

I live and die by this form. You can't get it unless you go to his classes. Okay and he's got a copyrighted, and so I can't. Send it to you, because he - because I'm talking about it on here, and he would sue me so he probably wouldn't.

He's, a really nice guy, but I can't, send it to you so anyway, so so it's kind of in an order. It's, kind of in an order of the way that you would treat so the first parts like what's called dysbiosis, which largely happens in your that you went in your large intestines and then the next part is leaky gut And the next part is chemical sensitivities now, technically, this is an order in which, in theory, the physiology breaks down, but everybody doesn't break down the same way.

So this gives you the opportunity to gather an awful lot of data from the patient and then be able to having studied functional medicine know the hierarchy in which you should in which you should proceed.

But I'm, going to kind of go. I'm gonna spend the next several weeks, probably more than several weeks going over the the specifics of this metabolic assessment form, because the this metabolic assessment form directs you to treatment,

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In this episode of Functional Medicine - Back to Basics Dr. Rutherford discusses stress and how it can be a major contributor to chronic conditions.

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Hi I'm Dr. Martin Rutherford, again back with our back to basics of functional medicine and what functional medicine should look like and how you go about treating a lot of the chronic cases that we particularly see in this office.

We've gone over just a number of things. Now I can't put them all in order and review them that we've gone through the history. We've gone through the exam we've gone through, so many of the basics of what needs to be done.

The foundational one easily done, and now we're, going to start moving into a little bit more into treatment and and and this this topic today, which is stress and how chronic stress, creates and/or, perpetuates chronic conditions.

It's, kind of a it's kind of a borderline foundational issue and it's kind of a it's kind of also a huge functional issue. As far as relative to the future, talks are going to be, for example, about the large intestines of small intestines, the stomach, how they all play into each other, the order in which to attack them, and so, when purse comes into our office, we once we decided That they're, probably a good candidate.

We haven't, fill out an 18-page history and it has questions on all of those areas and we have one section of about maybe twelve questions on the intestines and then we have another test area on maybe five questions on intestinal permeability.

We have five pages of questions on the brain and and and brain chemistry and brain chemistry when it goes abnormal results in anxiety, it results in panic, attacks or results of the pression. It results in inflammation.

It results in breaking down what's called the blood-brain barrier. The bottom line is all of these different physiological neurological abnormalities create a lot of problems. I would make the argument that it's, at least a ginormous contributor to this expand.

The group of patients who are the chronic pain patients, the autoimmune patients and and I'm gonna we're gonna understand why I think that by the time we're done with this. So so basically yeah. You have you know, the brain can pretty much controls everything and I'm, not gonna get into you, know the neurons and all that type of stuff, but the brain pretty much controls everything it controls your arms and controls moving and controls.

It controls whether you move your finger, controls your thinking and controls all that we're. Pretty we're, pretty much aware of all that, and and and we know that if our arm starts not working and we start getting tremors, we start thinking.

Oh there's, some nerves, that's going on and sometimes those nerves are are coming from the brain. Sometimes they're, not news, but we kind of a relative grasp of that. But what we see in this office, this, I can say with full accuracy, virtually every day in in probably 95 % of the new patients that come in here, people who come in here for consultations, people who start care is that the vast majority of them have A chronic stress response going on that's, separate from the motor nerves.

That I just got done talking about. Motor nerve is something that allows you to move your hands and move your feet, and then it's separate from and that's separate when that's separate from the thinking part of your brain.

Okay, the thinking part of your brain is all of these ripples. All these Ruge i in in in the in that what's called a cerebrum okay. So this is thinking, but we're,

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In this episode of Functional Medicine - Back to Basics Dr. Rutherford discusses the good and bad of supplements and what to look for and what to avoid.

Hi I'm Dr. Martin Rutherford. I am the clinic director here at Power Health, in Reno, author of power health back to basics and a certified functional medicine practitioner. This is another segment there's, another segment in our functional medicine, back to basics series, and we got a lot of for those of you.

Aren't familiar with it. We've, been going through. We've, been going through what classic functional medicine was intended to look like, and we've already been through taking histories and doing exams, and they're, pertinence and so on and so forth.

We got a lot of good feedback last week on the gluten and the last two segments have been on diet and specifically on gluten, and so we have gotten a lot of good feedback on it. And so we will continue to do these as though, because they seem to be getting through and and and kind of fulfilling the purpose that that I wanted it to fulfill.

So now we're gonna talk about vitamins and supplements. So I'm gonna try to keep this the less than four hours. Okay, because that's about how long I could go on with this. But it's. It'll, be a lot less than four hours.

Hopefully it'll, be a lot less than 40 minutes, because I get a patient in about 40 minutes. So, okay, so so supplements again and and many of these supplements you'll, hear me draw from experience and say when I started this and I think in December first I'm, going to be starting my 40th year in practice.

So so we've had a little experience who had over 40,000 people come through these clinics. You know in that period of time and just to watch the difference in trends and and it went from Oh supplements and you're.

A quack and and that type of stuff too, now supplements every where they're. Actually in this town and I'm sure in your town, there are now doctors more frequently nurse practitioners, physician's. Assistants that are now seem to be agreeing with, and even suggesting supplementation for things like high blood pressure and and high cholesterol and so on and so forth.

So that's, quite a switch. That acceptance has been a two-edged sword because supplements are not regulated for the most part and and so creates kind of. Like you know, I mean here in Reno Nevada, which is like used to be the wild wild west.

Some degree it still is the wild wild west, but but but but not having the rules not having. The regulation allows for a lot of a lot of things to take place, a lot of creativity and and and a lot of profitability unsub limits that maybe aren't.

The best supplements, so we'll, probably be talking about that. In a number of other things, right now, my attention is on supplements. People using the right supplements. People using supplements are going to be effective.

I'm. I do a lot of work with people who are not in my city and and who travel to get here and, and sometimes they travel a long distance. Sometimes I mean I have patients from. I had to currently have a patient from Hong Kong.

Sometimes it's hard to get our supplements to them, so they start saying, can I get mine? Can I get mine at the local Costco, or can I get mine at the local, Walmart or local tax? They have all these in China, apparently and and that - and that makes it that makes me a little bit.

I'm trying to help people to get well and the one thing about drugs. Is there's, a fair consistency in drugs? I'm, not a I'm, not an anti-drug guy person. I'm, not a pro drug guy per se, but there is a consistency with with medications.

You know what you get you take it you feel better. You have terrible side effects, you're, sloppy, you take another one. We don't seem to have that agreement in the supplement world. Okay, I cannot tell you the scores and scores and hundreds and hundreds of coming here with bags and bags of s...

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In this episode of Functional Medicine Back to Basics Dr. Rutherford discusses gluten and why in his opinion anyone suffering from an autoimmune issue should cut it out of their diet completely.

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Alright gluten is kind of a subset of what we're, doing relative to talking about functional medicine, basics of functional medicine and kind of a subset to diet, and yet it's kind of its own, unique subset.

It's, kind of a subset or in the same, in the same environment as as supplements which we're gonna be talking about in the near future. Maybe the next thing, maybe the next segment and so gluten. When I first got into practice functional medicine practice well, actually I had I had.

I had a really really interesting case years and years and years ago and like in the early 1980s, were where I had a person who had a car accident was treating her from musculoskeletal problems. As I was treating her for this car accident, which was neck pain migraines, it was low back pain.

She kept getting worse and worse and worse, she kept coming back. I'm, not quite sure. Why, and, and and - and you know at some point, it was like we're, not helping you and I'm, not sure why you're getting worse, because I do this with other people and and and the manipulation And the therapies, the types of things that you would treat a person for for a car accident rehab those types of things, and they said that so I mean we're missing something I have no idea what it is.

She disappeared as she should have and and then showed up five months later and and first of all, looked marvelous lost. Like 50 pounds, the tenderness was gone from her neck. The tenderness was gone from her back.

She was showing up for an adjustment I and as though, as you watch me know, that that I'm a chiropractor also, I'm practice, chiropractic for quite some time, but at that time that was my full practice and she came In for an adjustment and said wow, you know I just need to adjust me a tweak in my neck and I'm.

I'm standing there like who are you like? I didn't even recognize her. She's, like 50 pounds less and she's. Asking me for adjustment, same adjustments that used to make her worse. She went to a local alternative doctor here in Reno and this was 1983 and he he told her to get off of wheat.

Okay was wheat back then she said I got off a wheat and this is what happened. I did not believe her and I know the doctor actually knew him very well and and subsequently had a communication with them, and he explained to me, wheat and it's in its sensitivities and and the dramatic effects it could have on physiology.

And I just kind of liked that he was like I thought. Okay, I don't know what it was, but it wasn't weak, okay. Well, it was it was. It turned out that that young lady in retrospect had a severe gluten sensitivity in a lot of various aspects to gluten, and I'm not going to like.

Do the whole look online and get every single aspect of the gluten protein and discuss and make it a whole book, but the bottom line is is gluten, is a is a huge it's, not just it's, not just a Protein that creates abnormal physiology in our immune system.

It also happens to be an excruciatingly ly, trashy carb, so I'm, going to talk for just a few minutes about gluten in a functional medicine practice. I'm gonna talk about gluten in chronic conditions and chronic diseases, which is which is it's just my practice.

My practice is the great mystery disease practice of like I got pain everywhere. It moves here moves there, but all I've been the 26 doctors, but all of my all of my all my tests are normal.

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In this episode of Functional Medicine Back to Basics Dr. Rutherford discusses blood sugar and why that is an important metric to monitor for people suffering from chronic health problems especially autoimmune issues.

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Hi I'm dr. Martin Rutherford, author of power, health back the basics clinic director here at power, health in Reno Nevada, and today we're, going to be talking about sugar. We're, going to be talking about blood sugar and I've.

Give me a minute or two here: I'll. Tell you why we're talking about blood sugar and we're gonna be talking about every type of blood sugar, probably except for diabetes type one, because everybody's, pretty familiar with that, and that'S a this is a part of a series that were that we are doing and this series generated from, I am also a certified functional medicine practitioner and I've, been, I would say, I was one of the first group of certified functional medicine Practitioner so I've been doing it for a long time and I'm, seeing the change in in functional medicine and I'm, getting a lot of people who come in now, who have already been the functional medicine.

Practitioners, except what they're telling me, has been done to them. Doesn't sound, like what functional medicine practitioners are were originally at least taught to do, and I think what are being taught in several of the courses out there and the other reason we're doing.

This is because we have, I don't, know five or six hundred hours online. Talking about all of the things that we treat. We have a sort of more or less a chronic condition, chronic pain practice, and so we treat five imagine four frothy and chronic fatigue.

Vertigo dizziness balance irritable bowel syndrome, but we treat the things concussion syndrome. We treat the things that come and just won &, # 39 t go, and there are certain elements to that and we have.

We saw. We have like 500 hours online with addressing each one of those polycystic ovarian syndrome and blood, sugar and obesity, and all that and that's, a power health talk.com, and in doing that, the thanks that we've got is actually a Lot of a lot, we get a lot of positive feedback, but we get a lot of well.

You're, not telling me how to get better. You're telling me what fibromyalgia is you're, not telling me how to get better and in the end I could have a finer fibromyalgia patients in here or 100 migraine patients in here and they'd.

All be, you know a little different, so I can't. Do that so, based on all of that, we came up with the idea this year, maybe just going through a series of what is functional medicine. So this is, I don't know.

This is fifth or sixth. In the series we've already talked about the foundation of functional medicine and what it should be. We've talked about how you do exams where you know phone and what they mean in functional medicine.

We talked about testing and what that means. In functional medicine, we've talked about the initial consultation and how to how? To kind of how to kind of screen out what I call well, I don't call them, like my colleagues and mentors called them obstacles to cure, and so I certainly do that because it's.

Important to have people who are able to go through the type of a program that needs to be gone through to get better, and so then we started off. And then we started into the foundational aspects of treatment last week and we talked a lot about oxygen and and how oxygen is very foundational.

So in functional medicine online it seems like mostly it's, the magic right. Now it's. To take this pill for that and do your SIBO and take your...

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In this episode of Functional Medicine Back to Basics Dr. Rutherford discusses the importance of doing a proper exam on the patient.

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Hi I'm Dr. Martin Rutherford certified functional medicine practitioner author of power, health back to basics. You'll, see I'm, a back-to-basics guy and and clinic director here at power. Health wellness & amp Rehab in Reno Nevada, and we've, been we've started a series on functional medicine.

I believe this is the fourth in the series we did an introduction. We talked about what's. Functional medicine was this was the answer. The questions of? Why can't? You've got 600 hours online. Talking about all these different diseases, but what but you don't tell us how to get better, and I'm explaining why we can't do that by doing a series of of presentations on functional medicine and functional Medicine and and and how it was how it's, been classically taught how it's taught in the classic functional medicine, universities, functional medicine Institute - and I'm doing this, because the vast majority people who are doing functional Medicine, it may not be following this to the enth degree.

A lot of people come in here want to know why we have to do such a therapist like thorough history and thorough exam. So the last one was on history, the one before that was on obstacles to cure things that you can know about a patient before they ever even open their mouth or before they ever even get into an exam, or should they even be examined, obstacles secure.

That's, an interesting one. We talked about that. This is going to be about examination. I have I've had an interesting week on that. I know if it's, just because I'm focused on this, but I've. Had several patients in here.

One yesterday was a nurse from Southern California and she came in and - and she is a nurse and she was great at Shh and and at the end she said you know. I know that we learned how to do examinations in school, and I know her doctors.

There, but nobody does so anymore, and she said I'm gonna - have to rearrange my practice and start doing exams again because it brought back to her how much data you can get out of an exam and understand.

I went to school before when I was going to school to learn how to be a chiropractor and/or doctor. You know it's, it's and you may not know, but like the very first half or whatever of medical school chiropractic is almost identical.

You're learning how to diagnose, and you're learning. How to do histories and exams, and when we went back when I was going, there was no such things as MRIs. There was no such thing as cat scans. There was no such thing as nerve conduction velocities, and we understood we understood that even the blood testing was ballpark and even today the blood testing is ballpark and that's, something we may or may not get into in too extensively either now or Maybe in the future, so so we do an extensive history and extensive exam back.

Then we had to make a diagnosis and we had to do it by doing and it used to take at least an hour an hour, long history exam. And then we were expected to come up with a what. We call the differential diagnosis, which, which was the three most likely options.

That is wrong with that person and then, ultimately, that was supposed to guide your testing. It wasn't about okay. We have a chest in the pain, a pain in the chest chest in the thing we have a pain in the chest and so let's, and so let's.

Do let's. Do an EKG! Let's. Do an echocardiogram, let's. Do an MRI, let's. Do a cat scan, let's. Do it, and oh my all that's like all that's, normal? No,

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Hello again for those of you who have not watched this, I'm dr. Martin Rutherford. I am a certified functional medicine practitioner, author of the book power, health back to basics and a clinic director here and clinician at power, health, rehab and wellness in Reno Nevada, and this is the third in a series that we are presenting that we have just decided.

We are going to call functional medicine back to basics and if you haven't seen the previous two, you can look on power. He'll talk comm and bring them up. The first one was called whack-a-mole medicine versus classic functional medicine.

The second one will be probably called the intro to back to basics on functional medicine and it's back to basics. Because, again, I explained in those that there is a there's, a certain therapeutic order to the way you go about the type of patient who's coming into offices today.

Frankly, that patient is is mostly autoimmune. Patients and those are patients that may or may not be aware that they're in some sort of a chronic stress cycle and those two aspects of chronic conditions which is normally what comes in through our office.

They're, the they're kind of the core factors around which you need to build a functional medicine, therapeutic order. If you go to a functional medicine practitioner and they are unaware what that therapeutic order is which some are or many, maybe the your treatment is going to fail.

If you are looking online - and you know so much of the things that I talked about or online, why didn't, they work for you, this series over the period of maybe the next year or so is going to answer those questions.

And again, this is the series for those of you that you have five or six hundred hours line, telling us what our conditions are, but you, don't tell us how to get better. This series is to answer that question as to why we can '

T tell you that, but it's, going to give you pieces of data that some of you are going to use along the way, and you're. Going to get better because your cases aren't as complex, some of your cases are going to get a little bit better and and and hit a wall, and some of you are gonna.

Do the things I talk about. You're gonna go you don't know what you're talking about, because because it's, not helping me at all and and and and that last two groups are gonna, be because maybe You're, not able to accomplish the therapeutic order that we talk about on your own.

So this is me just laying it out on. The line is what we do in the office, and and this week we're, going to go into the what I call the first part of the therapeutic order. Now my notes in front of me, these are notes that I have taken.

These are notes that I've made to work with people. These are notes I've, taken from frankly the most alumina alumina Riis in the profession, many of whom I am just honored and humbled to know personally, and so this is, if you want the inside and the inside stuff.

This is this is where it's. Coming from so we're, going to talk about what ' S called the therapeutic order today and we're, going to talk about the first part of the therapeutic order, which is removing obstacles to cure.

Now I don't, particularly like the term cure, because you don't cure. Auto immunities people are in post-traumatic stress, so you don't necessarily get them a hundred percent out of it,

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Talking to you, we we just did a video. I don’t, know four or five six weeks ago, something like that and it was called Wacom Bowl, medicine versus functional medicine, whack-a-mole, medicine versus functional medicine.

And if this is what I’m about to talk about over the next couple of minutes interests, you, I would suggest you go to power. Health talk comm and look that up because it’s, going to be kind of an enhancement of what I what I say right now and and kind of give you a better explanation.

I’ve, been thinking about this. A lot and a functional medicine has changed a lot over the last twelve years and and the patients are coming in are different. They’re, more well educated. They’re already trying a lot of things.

We have probably five or six or seven hundred hours online already and in the whole the whole point of that, and that data is, if you have Hashimoto’s. If you have fibromyalgia, if you have preferably chronic fatigue, polycystic ovarian syndrome, dizziness vertigo about some chronic problem to help you to understand what that chronic problem is kind of the science behind what is is causing it and giving you answers, because the average person that comes In here, by the time they get here, they still have any answers.

I had a person come in here the other day and they have severe balance problems and they ‘ Ve been one of the westcoast now, so these are some of the prominent facilities. They’ve, been to University Utah Research Center.

They’ve, been the UCSF University of San Francisco. They’ve, been to Stanford, they’ve been to neurologists and and and they everything was normal. Nothing was wrong. This lady couldn’t even stand up since 2014.

Megan long story short it turned out that she had a it looks like a cerebellar. Ataxia is what it’s called. You can look that up online and after one visit she was doing a lot better. The point of that is, we are still getting that we’re still getting the person who comes in here and and after going through everything, doesn’t understand why they don’t know what’s, going On why didn’t the doctor? In fact, I could go over like several cases.

I’ve, seen in the last two weeks. Why did the doctor tell me why didn’t they know, so those videos are all about that. Those videos are all about that, and and in its interest thing you, we put a lot of time and effort into those videos and research and, and we get the comment of like well.

Okay, you guys are telling us all that. But how come you’re, not telling us how to get better on our own? You’re. Holding that back you’re. Not you’re, not you’re, not telling us like you know. You just want us to come to you and you don’t, so so you know I hurt my feelings and and and and and and the reality is this is that we can’t this year is gonna.

Be about that. This year’s, gonna be about why we couldn’t in the just generally broad spectrum. Lis say here’s. What you need to do four or five of my object here’s. What you need for your polycystic ovarian syndrome here’s, what you need to do, for you know chronic fatigue, etc.

So, and I thought a good way of doing about it, I mean we ‘ Ve spent a lot of time here years. Putting together a really solid classic classic functional medicine and practice, and we also practice functional neurology, which is an asset because the brain is now exploding in it.

Then, in the matter that people are understanding that the brain has a lot to do with a lot of things they’re now calling irritable, bowel syndrome, irritable brain syndrome, most people don’t realize how much their brain has to do With dampening mewn responses, and so it’s a big deal, so we we’ve.

We’ve, crafted a functional medicine practice that that heavily uses, functional neurology procedures and and and and that’s. What we do in in it, but but they meld together in an organized form, to address chronic problems.

So I so I thought the best way to answer those of you who said well tell us how to get better and and and and and from from my side, to at least in many cases answer why we can’t tell you how to Get better completely in this venue.

Okay was just to walk you through what a classic functional medicine practice should look like, and I’m, not saying that, because this is what I think it should look like. I have my notes in front of me here.

These are my notes and I have lots of notes. I have a notebook that you don’t see here that’s. This thick actually have many notebooks here that are that thick. But these are my notes. These are the notes that I’ve, taken from attending classes, with literally the guys who started functional medicine, the top some of the top functional medicine researchers in the world and the end, and they teach classic functional medicine.

What does that mean? Classic functional mess, it means there’s. It means there’s, a way to do it, and and and and so there’s a there’s, a way to proceed. There’s, an organization there’s, certain foundational things that need to be done before your supplements work.

There’s certain foundation, so you’re online and you’re and you’re. You know you’re online. Idolator came in here the other day and she has. She had a. She had. A condition I looked at her history, she’s, taking like 15 supplement and they’re.

All supplements that I would potentially use in her case, but she’s here and and it’s, not working for so my brains already going okay. When we get into this – and I start wanting to use a supplement – I’m gonna – have to answer to her.

Why I’m already, taking that something one getting better. We’re, going to answer those questions this year and we’re going to do it in a very organized fashion. The answer to that one is one whole presentation in and of itself, and we’re going to do that presentation when the time comes.

So what we’re going to do. Is we’re gonna walk you through functional medicine, an awful lot of people who do functional medicine out there, don’t do an exam. Now they’re gonna tell you! Well, I don’t know what I’m talking about.

Well, these guys, who have put it they are going to tell you you need to do an exam. I just was to a seminar a month ago and and in the doctor who was presenting it, it was on it was on endocrinology, it was on PCOS and and in in in polycystic ovarian syndrome and infertility and ventricle problems, and all you know heavy bleeding.

All that type of stuff he spends he spends. He is the best friend of the person who probably I give credit for a starting functional medicine, or you haven’t. You know it, and – and both of those will tell you they spend an hour to an hour and a half just interviewing the patient.

We use an 18 page history, so today, okay and so do many of the classic luminaries in this field, because this is how you’re, going to get the results and just to go online and take supplements without getting the foundation under control.

That’s, going to allow you to first of all know where those supplements are even good supplements and then, secondly, are they getting into your system or they get in Magoo’s orb if they’re, not getting into Your system is it because you’re, not absorbing him.

Is it because of other foundational things that needs to be done so that they work? We’re gonna walk through all that that is the beginning of functional medicine. Before you really before you even getting into practice functional medicine, which is looking at the person’s, entire physiology, it’s about vicious cycles.

It’s about getting systems to synchronize it’s about getting your whole system in the omiyo stasis, no matter what you come in with, if, before you get into doing that, there’s about six other things that you Really need to do to make that sing in our office.

We literally have three doctors working on every in office case, and we have one doctor that just does the foundational stuff it relative to diet relative to blood sugar relative to oxygenation the things of that nature.

That are that are profound, and I’ve. Seen III Drive again just saw one. Yesterday I had a doctor who sent me a case and it was a Lyme casein and he wanted me to reevaluate it for him, and this person had already gone to a lion.

Tiger was pages and pages and pages and pages of what looked to me like standard eye stuff and some of the foundational things were in there. But there were just like all thrown in together and and and that’s, not how it works, and that’s, not how that’s, not how your physiology works and functional medicine is getting your physiology to work.

So so we’re gonna go through that it’s, gonna be very organized, so maybe we ‘ Ll start you! Well, we won’t make it. We’ll, probably start off with what it, what a history should look like and and and certain specific things I’ll.

Probably just have my history form here: walk through it with you and literally tell you what I get out of each particular area that form and then we’ll, probably go through and examine. We won’t, go through a whole exam because our exams about an hour and a half long and but but there are certain specifics in exam that you just can’t get without getting to an exam.

And there are things that you don’t particularly pick up on blood panels or even MRIs or cat scans or MRIs, or EEG s or NCBS or any of that type of stuff, and it usually blows our patient’s. Mind, usually by the time we’re done at the end, the exam think like oh, my god, that makes so much sense.

I get it that that you know with, and we ‘ Ll probably show you some of the say. Some of the more relevant exam findings that you should use to check yourself and and when we show you these most of these, you’re gonna be able to do at home and they’ll point you in the right direction And they may not, you may not be able to fix that particular thing, but the point you want to right there they’ll, give you some answers and you’ll, see how the history name give us answers, then, after that you Should do testing we’ll talk about testing there.

I am as a sheet of tests than I mean. I can actually show you the sheet, but but but I don’t use that sheet on everybody and I’ll. Do the same testing whenever I have literally two tests, I do on everybody and I’ll talk to you about about what they are when we get to that point in because you’re gonna, because if you, if you determine To follow this, you’re gonna see the organization of what a functional medicine approach should look like me, and and and and our results are consistently consistently successful.

We don’t have a lot of failed cases. Okay and sometimes it’s, because we don’t take cases that we believe we’re, not going to be able to help in the beginning and and and sometimes we recognize what are called obstacles to cure before we Even start and every functional medicine practitioner, shouldn’t, do that and I Ord lino any that do we’re gonna talk about that? Okay, but a big part of it is we don’t miss things, because we follow an organized procedure that allows us to hit everything we need to hit, but also to understand specifically that patient’s needs.

Then we’ll move into treatment, and there is a there is a relative, a relative organization to how you attack chronic conditions. Our Pat our our practice is the practice of every symptom that everybody could possibly imagine that the mystery symptoms and, and and and and chronic pain and people who’ve, gone and and and and been to all these different places.

And then they end up here. If a person comes here first, I almost um I don’t. You want to see him. I want to do everything else, because maybe I’ll, get better doing that, rather than have to go through what I’m, going to put them through, and then we walk through, that we walk and – and that is comprehensive.

Now, along the way, what we want to do is what you want us to do. We want we want to do is what you want to do. We’re, going to walk through the organization in which you should attack your system in general.

We’re gonna walk through that, okay and and – and we might have videos we might have before afters. We might not. We might do case studies – I get new cases every week. Some of them are gonna light me up and go ooh.

We should use this one at that particular time and we’ll use them. We had some cool before-and-afters on the patient that I talked about just before. Maybe we will use those, but we’ll. Do what we? What I have seen to be interesting to the patients who come in here the things that have created the AHA, meaning that things that have created the understandings, because a good functional medicine practitioner when you’re done they don’t want You being codependent with them, they want you to so precisely understand your physiology.

What you need to do with as few supplements and as few drugs and as and and and it was precise, a diet and is exact food sensitivities, which is a whole area of itself. As possible and we’re gonna walk through that step by step by step, we’re gonna we’re going to talk about the organization of it.

We’re gonna talk about how some things can sabotage other things. If you don’t, do it in the right order. We’re going to talk about supplements. I use something that’s all day. Long it’s like it’s, an art and my supplements are not inexpensive and the reason they’re.

Not expensive is because they are nutraceutical pharmaceuticals, their pristine. They are pure, they work, nobody takes our supplements and goes. I don’t know if they’re working or not, they either feel better or they feel worse, and that tells us what we need to be doing.

So we will do a whole area on supplementation and and we’ll. Take the bullets there from all the people who are selling all the great supplements out there and and stuff like that. But – and there are a lot of great supplements out there, but there are a lot of not great supplements out there.

A lot more, not great supplements than great sums, and we’ll. Go into that and then we’ll kind of go into, so we’ll walk through the treatments we’ll answer all those questions and we will take questions from you along the way.

Now that doesn’t mean we’re, going to answer all your questions. Okay, what it does mean is we will look at those questions and the ones that are applicable at certain parts along the way that are going to be representative to a broad spectrum of people will be.

We’ll, be answering those because we want to do what you want to hear this. Is I’ve been look. I’ve, been in practice a long time this my 39th year in practice here in Reno, and I was in practice back in New Jersey before I got here.

Don’t, threw things at the camera and and and and then before, that you know you go to school for several years and and and and so I’ve been in this a long time, and this is the thing right now. This is really where medicine should be.

We have a medical profession that is mind-bogglingly monolithic and just like. No, that test, doesn’t say this, so we’re, not going to do that. The test says this: I’m going to do that. I know you. Don’t feel better, but then the test is normal and I am NOT anti medicine.

Those of you who watch me. No, I’m. Not I work with medical doctors. I have a very good relationship with the medical doctors that I work with, but there’s a place for medicine and you can watch the whack-a-mole video that I went referred to earlier and there’s.

A place for functional medicine and I’ll. I’ll. Tell you when that is, and I’ll walk you through how to know, and that is so the never medicine or the never drug er. I’m, never going to take a thyroid medication.

In my whole life. They may not be a good patient here, depending on their history and and and the potential for them getting off thyroid medication, but we may get them to the point where they’re, actually get their thyroid medication right and use it properly, and price 60, 70 percent of our patients, don’t need thyroid medication when they come in here for a thyroid problem.

We’ll, explain all of that. Okay, so it’s. Gon na be a flow of of me. Sharing with you all the things that I’ve had to learn to get successful outcomes with patients, and if I didn’t say it’s already earlier.

In this I mean I just I just had a couple of Wow’s in the last week, a couple of like light bulbs going on my head in a couple of really tough cases that we had that we were able to move from life’s a point.

You know C, to point B on the way to point a where we were stuck, and it was just like. How did I not know that before so when you’re, when you’re an in on two trenches, I mean we, we guys in the trenches.

We have kind of a attitude it’s like you, you listen to these studies online and then and then you say that study is wrong, because that study, didn’t. It didn’t cover this. It didn’t control for that, and then you will were you know better than Harvard and study of 150 million dollars and go yeah, because we’ve had 40,000 patients walk through this clinic and we’ve.

Seen a lot and y know when I look on Wikipedia – and it tells me that these supplements that I’m used in or these herbs that I’m using fresh for her for anxiety. You don’t work and I’m, seeing them work every day.

I know that’s wrong, so so those of us were in the trenches we have. I think we have a little bit more of a feel for this. We’re, the ones who are on the line we’re, the ones who are like the patient comes in.

They got to get better. I don’t, know about it most doctors, but I’m, like get stressed if the patient’s not doing as well as I’d like them to be doing, and I think most doctors do. You know so we’re gonna share that with you over that over the over the next period of time it’s, and and and there’s so much, and I think that’s.

What you’re, going to come to understand. There are so many nuances to taking a person who is ill and taking them from ill stopping that downward progress, that they’ve, been experiencing forever or getting them off of that hump, because today a lot of people are coming in.

They’ve, already been on the diets they ‘ Ve tried the multiple diets they’ve, tried supplements and a lot of them. Maybe they got off a gluten and whatever it was, and a lot of them have have stopped.

The downward progress, or at least slowed it down tremendously or even reverse them, but now they’re, stuck that’s, a that’s, a new evolution in my practice like 12 years ago. Nobody knew anything about anything.

I’ve, told me get off of gluten. They would start like get up and walk out. Well, I’m, not giving up my pizza and my vodka and my this and my that so so. So we’re, going to go through all of that and – and I and I think you’re gonna, find the complexities and and and I think you’re gonna understand them, and some of you are gon Na in this series are gonna, you know what I think, if I do, that it’s.

Gon na help me because I’ve already done this, that’s and that’s. What he said, or you’re gonna go well. I haven’t done this this and this maybe I’ll. Try that do it on my own and I’m good with that look.

They’re, saying that there’s, gonna be a hundred and sixty million chronic pain patients in this country by 2020, and if my watch is right, this just turned into 2019. We’re talking over half our half of the population in this country, so no doctor should be holding anything back because there’s, not gonna be any short of business for him.

If that’s, what they’re worried about and and to me, I’m in the end of my career here. Maybe I’m, not at the end of my career. I don’t know I’ll, probably be here ten piers from saying I’m at the end of my career, but but you know you want to share and, and you’d like to see people, You know maybe live a little bit better life, and and for those of you who you know who aren’t doing well, then, who knows? Maybe you’ll show up my office one day and maybe well and and but at least I would have an educated patient because it’s harder.

Today it’s, actually harder that people know more to get people well because them, because people think they’re educated because they’ve read some stuff online. They don’t. Maybe I don’t realize they don’t have a background that to completely understand what what you know, what they’ve learned or what they didn’t learn.

So it’s a little harder today I almost left like deprogram people, so people watch stuff like this. It would make them a much better patient, but in the end this just feels like a fun thing to do. I would enjoy it.

I’ve been asked to do it. I know I know a lot of the people who are viewers are going to like this because they really were the generator of me doing this and I wanted to get back online and and and and this seemed like a fun way to do it.

So if you have questions yeah, you know I would I would wait. You know I you. Maybe you got some questions right now and you would send us wewe that we are going to we’re, going to be guided by the interests of the viewer to to a degree and and they’re gonna tell us where You guys want to go so you feel free to to.

Let us know what you want to do and then we’re gonna start this we’re. Probably I don’t know right now. We’re talking about maybe doing it on a regular basis. Maybe on a Friday I don’t know what our schedule is going to be before we were doing everything on a Tuesday morning.

So we’re gonna be way, and we may morph into a couple of other things here. Maybe some clinical pearls, maybe we’ll, do some case studies. Those are kind of fun for you to understand how we think, through a fibromyalgia case and actual case study, like the one I just talked about, is actually a mind-blowing, a mind-blowing case of this lady, who’s.

Who has had this horrendous balance problem for since 2014 and and and and she’s? Gon na do well yeah, maybe walk you through a case like that. Maybe cases that are representative of wide swaths of our patient base of a PCO case of fibromyalgia case, but we’ll.

Do it within the context of of this or we may develop, maybe another flow where we do that separately, but we’re gonna educate this year is going to be education and and we’ll, see where that takes us, and I think you’re really going to enjoy it.

I know I know basically what we’re gonna be sharing with you is what we do here in the office and patients just really. I think I think it’s. The one thing that patients tell us sets us apart. Our true goal is to not have you to be codependent on us.

While we’re done, we take, we have three doctors like I said we have one doctor that spends time with the patient. I kind of run the cake. The cases we have one doctor who does our functional neurology, we’re all educators.

We don’t want you taking a supplement unless you understand exactly why you’re, taking it. What its gonna do someone so forth, and I’m not supposed to bang the desk like that, so I just saw my producer put his head down like this.

Oh, so I so so anyway, so that I that’s, where we’re going, I think I ‘ Ll wrap it up with that and before I start banging, is this too much more cuz? I get a little fired up over this stuff and I think it’s.

Gon na be fun. I’m looking forward to it. I think it’s. Gon na go over very well and and and I’m – really looking forward to seeing if that’s the case, and so so, starting probably next week we’ll. We’ll start on this flow and and it’s, gonna be kind of it’s.

It’s, gonna be kind of an amorphous, amoeba type animal that may you know, may change through the year, but it’s going to change depending on the feedback that we get from you. So look at look watch that video.

I I don’t normally watch my own videos ever, but I was convinced to by my wife to go back and watch the video that I did on whack-a-mole chiropractic and it really is kind of a take. It is really kind of with this.

Together with what we just did it’s, really kind of a massive intro to what this year is going to look like, and I think it would be information if this is thing sounds like it’s. Gon na be like interesting to you that’ll, be interesting to you, and let me let me know what your thoughts are on that too.

So hopefully I’ll, see you next week and and and we’ll – be adding a piece to the puzzle each weekend and – and I’m looking forward to doing this again. So thanks for watching – and I will see you next week – you

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Healthcare today has mostly become a game of Whack-a-Mole where medications or supplements are used to handle symptoms that the patient is having. While this can be good for the short haul it unfortunately does not lend itself to finding out what the cause of the problem was in the first place and working on that to prevent those symptoms from returning or even getting worse over time as the pills stop working. In today’s video Dr. Rutherford discusses how properly practiced Functional Medicine is different.

Note: The following is the output of a transcription from the video above. Although the transcription is largely accurate, in some cases it is incomplete or inaccurate due to inaudible passages or transcription errors.

Hi I’m Dr. Martin Rutherford clinic director of power, health rehab and wellness in Reno, and today we’re, going to be talking about whack-a-mole health care versus classic functional medicine procedures. What brought this topic to to the forefront for me has just been the the understanding and that I’m, seeing a different patient population than I saw 12 years ago, I’ve, been in functional medicine for quite some time. Could I think I could legitimately argue I was in the pole, one of the original functional medicine, practitioners and – and it was quite a different experience back then than it is now treating functional medicine seekers if you will and so basically, every in our clinic, we interview Everybody we interview everybody before we even decide whether that individual would be a qualified patient to go through a functional medicine practice and get a consistently successful result.

And then these interviews, things have changed quite a bit. In the day, in the day when we first started out and and in in patients, were just desperate to get better, we pretty much treats chronic pain, chronic conditions back then people came in he wouldn & # 39.

To really know much about much of anything when it came to alternative health care. If you said the word gluten to somebody back, then they’d, go gluten. What’s that or they’d say or they’d? Go? Oh, you’re one of those or something along those lines.

Now I think gluten has become more and more widely accepted. You talk to people about diet. At that point in time, people would say diet how’s. Food gonna help anything house food’s. Gon na change. I’m Emmett Payne.

I got paying every joint in my body and I got I got an inflammation and that sounds tough. Today, everybody comes in my office, has already tried five different diets and believes that they’re familiar with those diets and believe that, because they tried those diets and they didn’t work – that the diet – probably isn -‘t Gon na be a part of what’s going be helping them, so they’re there.

There’s, just been a significant change again back then, and the day I well, I think I’m gonna go talk to my medical doctor and see if he thinks that I should work with you and today it’s, like I already went to my medical doctor and and and my medical doctor, really can’t help me and my medical doctor is playing whack-a-mole.

My medical doctor was looking at and and had symptoms that people kind of have that down today. My medical doctor is looking at symptoms and they can just give me a pill. And frankly, I usually going to defend the poor medical doctor because they’re working with their hands tied behind their back having to work by insurance codes and things of that nature.

So so there’s, been an evolution of the patient that walks in here some ways. It’s a lot easier today and some ways it’s, a lot harder, because I used the determine mall. We used it in the intro and and and in the title of this talk and it’s kind of like what I’m.

Seeing I’m, seeing we’ve now morphed from the patients who used to come in largely had not gone to alternative practitioners in the day they usually came straight to us because they desperately heard there’s, some not Over there, the things that he can help me with fibromyalgia or perform out there chronic fatigue.

Today we’re, getting people who are highly educated, maybe not necessarily in the right things, or maybe they’re, not educated in the right things, but necessarily not necessary in the right context, and that has a lot to do with the Internet has a lot to do with the explosion.

Functional medicine has a lot to do with the fact that functional medicine is still not a organized the discipline it’s, not a regulated discipline. So anybody really who gives a supplement or diet can call themselves a functional medicine practitioner, even if they haven’t gone through a certified, functional medicine program and and another big reason is of course, the Internet, the big bad internet and, and that’s, a problem, because today what I’m getting is, and then just you know, put things in perspective.

We’ve, had over four thousand patients come through this through this facility. Over a period of time, we haven’t treated, all those, but we’ve treated an awful lot of them and what we have interviewed and evaluated pretty much almost all of them.

So we have a pretty good feel for for what we can treat and what we can’t treat what questions they ask and obviously we have a good feel for the lay of the land and alternative health care, as well as in functional medicine.

As well as in chronic pain, and so today I’m, getting the patient who comes in and they’ve already been on, like I said they’ve already been on. They’ve, been on the the the Paleo diet. They’ve, been on the automated Paleo diet.

They’ve, been on the whole xxx diet. They’ve, been on the fodmap diet. They’re on the fodmap diet. They’re eating better quote-unquote. I’m eating better than your diet. So how are you going to help me and all of these things have some validity? They have some legitimacy to them and but but but but when you get into chronic pain, you could have a hundred and fifty people come in here with fibromyalgia and they can all have a slightly different to a drastically different completes, physical, biochemistry and and and what Helps one person is not going to help the other, but what I’m.

Getting now is the person who is coming in and they and they have been on the internet and then they or they’ve been another or they have been to other functional medicine. Practitioners and what I’m finding is, is a substantial portion of even even the other functional medicine practitioners, if indeed they are certified functional medicine.

Practitioners are using kind of like bits and pieces of the whole functional medicine paradigm. It was whack-a-mole versus the classic functional medicine paradigm. The functional medicine paradigm is very comprehensive.

It’s very organized it’s gone through a lot of trial and error throughout its history. A functional medicine history taking is very comprehensive. It should cover you from, like literally from the you’re, born until the time you’re sitting in front of that practitioner.

That practitioner should understand the full breadth of being almost like your functional endocrinologist, your functional cardiologist, your functional gastroenterologist, etc, etc, etc, because that’s, how you have to look at a chronic pain case? Well, what I’m getting is, is I’m, getting people who are coming in, who have become very conversant in bits and pieces of what they’ve learned on mostly on the internet, or maybe from somebody who’s, not a functional medicine practitioner and maybe a functional medicine practitioner who specializes in a certain area which is ok if they’re specializing in diabetes or if they’re specializing in thyroid.

As long as they know, everything else that relates to those and what I’m finding is that isn’t the case, so the person comes in, they’ve been given a diet. They’ve, been given a couple of supplements for her for their thyroid and and it didn’t work and they want to come in.

They want to know how I’m, going to be different, which is a legitimate question at that point in time, or the order or the or that functional medicine practitioner who may not be a functional medicine practitioner is treating their diabetes and you know They’re, put them on a diet that maybe they put them on a specific diet that they’re using for that.

Maybe they give them some supplements. Maybe they don’t, maybe they have them walking around, but it doesn’t, take a whole functional medicine, understanding. Frankly, to get somebody’s, diabetes type 2 under control, but yet they’re.

They’re, promoting themselves as a functional medicine practitioner. They’re, giving them a bunch of supplements, and so I kind of have to when it when this person, who has had their diabetes may be taken care of, and then they show up at fibromyalgia or peripheral, neuropathy or PCOS or chronic fatigue, or Something like that they’re got.

Why already already got this figured out or that functional medicine practitioner already healed, my leaky gut, so you don’t have to do that. Just for the record and and I don’t know if you heard it this first time you’re hearing it.

You’re hearing here. First, you don’t, heal it leaky got okay. I have a leaky gut. I have celiac, I have all this stuff for those of you who’ve. Seen me before I’ve fibromyalgia, proof from off the chronic fatigue I have celiac, and so I’ve.

Had all this, I have Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, so I’ve, been on the other side of this. I & # 39. Ve actually walked through this as a patient and before I got involved in this, and so the the what I’m.

What I’m trying to get to is is that we’ve, always criticized the medical field for playing whack-a-mole, but what I’m. Seeing is the alternative. Healthcare is now starting to play whack-a-mole, because a lot of people are not certified functional medicine practitioners.

What does that mean? When you’re certified functional medicine practitioner you either have gone to you either have gone to functional medicine, University, functional medicine Institute. You’ve, either gone through.

Our Zona state. Now has a bunch of nice programs. There’s, another program at Bridgeport University, that’s like 1500 hours. These universities, these these, the the the the the professionals who are putting on the seminars for you to get a functional medicine, certification, teach you functional medicine, they teach you the endocrinology, they teach you, they teach you the blood labs, they teach you everything that you need To know to go out there problem is a lot of people are not getting that they go to one seminar.

They go to a weekend seminar. It’s, going to teach you everything you need to know, and then the next thing you know you’re specializing diabetes. They go over there. You don’t, get any exam. You don’t get that history.

Maybe you get a computerized readout on your blood labs. Maybe that person doesn’t even know how to read the blood labs. I mean this is for real. I’m, not being a jerk here, okay and and and then and then, and then those blood labs come from a computer program that came from a supplement company.

That is telling them to read this and then give these supplements. For that we see. I’ve, seen hundreds of these cases, okay, and this is why I’m gettin Vince’s. This makes my job harder and then that person plays whack-a-mole.

That person is like. Okay, we’re gonna. Do you got a bet? You got irritable bowel syndrome, so we’re going to give you. We’re gonna give you berberine, and we’re, going to give you glutamine and we’re gonna.

Have your drink aloe vera or you got acid indigestion, so we’re going to give you glutamate for that or or these are. These are things that are widely understood now, widely known on the Internet. Ashwagandha, you have anxiety, okay, take some ashwagandha, but but that’s, not functional medicine.

Functional medicine is what’s, causing the anxiety, functional medicine is, is why are you having to take the hydrochloric acid, the Bragg’s, apple, cider, vinegar, for your stomach and and and when, when you and – and why are, why is your Gall bladder not working, and why do you have small tests on back to your overgrowth when, if your in functional medicine office they’re gonna go, you know might be because you’re stressed or might because you have a bad Thyroid one will decrease hydrochloric acid, which will then screw up your stomach, which will then screw up your gut, which will then screw up your bacteria and the thyroid becomes actually the issue.

Where is what I’m? Seeing is people are coming in here? They’re very proud of themselves, they they have two bags of supplements and they have one further and they have one for the hydrochloric acid and they have one for the gall bladder and they have one.

They have digestive enzymes for the pancreas and they have aloe vera for the inside of their intestines and and so, and so then that person comes in and tells me well. I’ve already got. I’ve already healed all this and i don’t.

Really I don & # 39. T really need you to like really deal with that for me, and that like puts me back because I do really need to do with that, because you really haven’t fixed it. Okay, you really haven’t gotten to the source of them, so the cause, and how many times have you heard your alternative practitioners, like we’re getting to the source of the problem here, take this ashwagandha and that’S, what’s, doing it, and so so the reality is.

Is we’re now playing whack Amole on that side? To here’s, the problem, the problem is most people find a way that functional medicine practitioners have tried everything else. How do I know? Because that’s? What we’re, seeing now and and and this is a very, very complex, comprehensive protocol, the classic functional mess and it requires taking up taking that history.

I just had one I just had one earlier today and the gentleman came in here. He’s, got peripheral neuropathy and he & # 39. S got peripheral optin, he’s, got burning them as tingling his feet. By the time we got done.

Teasing it out. This gentleman’s been anymo, ashle traumatic. He’s been emotionally traumatized, since he was a child and he & # 39. S had really really a lot of stress threat throughout us throughout his entire lifetime, as we got as we really went further and further, he didn’t.

Think he had a problem because he was told: well your blood Sugar & # 39. S are okay, I said, but you look like you got pre-diabetes and insulin resistance. He goes. I do well that’s, a problem but his doctor and told them that it was that it was okay, but nobody took that history.

Nobody and he’s been to a couple of alternative practitioners. Okay, then, did anybody do an exam on him? No, nobody did an exam on him to find out what kind of a small fiber neuropathy that you have.

Where did it come from? This is what needs to occur, and this is classic functional medicine. If you’re, not if you’re, not getting if you’re, not if you have somebody sitting down with you for five minutes or they’re, giving you like three pages and then here’s all the symptoms, and then they’re, giving you a supplement for each thing more.

They’re, giving you one diet, their diets, the elimination diet, which is fine, but you’re, not going to the elimination diets not going to work well without getting into the details and in the weeds on this, which we will get Into other presentations in the future, okay, if you get a bath, I read it’s not going to it’s not going to work.

If you have, if you’re in a chronic stress response, because you & # 39, ve been emotionally traumatized and you’re in some sort of post-traumatic stress syndrome, that’s, screwing up your gut and you’re trying to do an allergy elimination diet.

While this is screwing up your gut. This is functional. Medicine. Functional medicine is real medicine, it is blue collar medicine. It is getting the weeds and figure out what’s wrong with somebody medicine, okay.

So basically, what we got is is we have a whole group out there of practitioners who have now taken the medical model and are now taking that and creating a model of whack Amole alternative medicine. Here’s here’s here’s here’s! My symptoms here’s.

The here’s. The herb here’s. The botanical here’s, the vitamin and, and then the patient comes in here and they’re, telling me how how how that helped them, and yet the best. I, the vast majority of time that hasn’t, helped them and it’s, helped them dampen their symptoms, but it still is helping to ignored the underlying problem.

That’s, perpetuating them having to take this stuff. For the rest of their life, the vast majority of people will walk out of here and walk in here will walk in here, sometimes with 20/20 supplements or more sometimes, which is crazy.

Okay and you might not think it’s crazy. But if you’re, taking them that’s crazy, because your physiology can’t. Take that much the goal of functional medicine is is to figure out how to get your physiology.

Is imbalance and fixing your entire physiology as as thoroughly as you can, so that that person needs as few outside interventions as possible, and that goes for medication, and that goes for supplements, and usually people walk out of here with a few supplements that they don’t like I hear a bags of supplements and, and maybe the person even still needs a medication.

If we, if you can & # 39, t get their physiology all the way back to where you want, but but you so when you so what so? What the whole point of this is is is now we have the Internet where everybody can sit on it all day long and you can, and you can read about you – know, leaky gut and then come in and talk to me about leaky, but but not know That you really don’t know the full breadth of leaky got or maybe not know that you don’t, know the full breadth of hydrochloric, acid and and and and and why you’re.

Taking Bragg’s, apple cider, vinegar for your for your your tummy and why it’s working, and why? If you did something else, you may not even need to take that these are the things that are being done out there in.

In the name of functional medicine, so I guess I’m, trying to carve out an understanding of functional medicine and and and so so it’s. It’s. You know it’s really important for you before you get into a a functional medicine practitioner to really understand what it is understand, the full breadth of what it is understand that it’s.

It’s. If you go into a functional medicine practitioner, they should be sitting down with you and taking a full history. It takes me it’s. Sometimes it takes me an hour to take a complete history. We actually have three doctors working to do an exam on the patient.

The exams will go anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half did I make that up now? No, my mentor for those of you who & # 39. Ve listened to me and his name, dr. karate and dr. cross Ian is the gentleman who was the first one to bring Hashimoto’s to the world.

As far as understanding that it was a. It was a a real issue with hypothyroidism when, when you take his courses, when you take their certified medicine courses and you get their manuals, there are full exams in there that you should do because you there’s, just certain data that you can Only glean from an exam, how did I know that that gentleman had in pre-diabetes when he was just sitting there at the table? He had all the physical signs of it.

As I was looking, how did I know that he was in chronic stress response. I told him, I said: are you in like the emotional trauma you know? Well, how did you know, because I shook his hand and his hand – was soaking, wet and slimy that’s called hyperhidrosis that count for those of you have that that means you’re in a chronic stress response, and those stress hormones Are important to know because if you & # 39, re got those there and you’re trying to do gut problems and you’re trying to fix other things.

That’s, not going to happen, and I can go on and on for an hour on on just the exam and all the things you can do. The way you evaluate a case is you take a good history. You then do a good exam and, where that history, in that exam intersects, that should dictate your testing and your should testing should be very specific, and it should give you data as how to fix that patient and and and then you fix, that, the the the The rapid kind of wrap it up.

To give you an example, I have a patient who walks in and the patient says I’m fatigued, you have chronic fatigue so and I’ve, been to the alternative practice. I went to the doctor and the doctor says I’m depressed, so I gave me antidepressants so that’s.

The answer for that for her fatigue, then the patient says. Well, you know I’ve gone through a couple of other alternative practitioners, maybe functional medicine practitioner or maybe maybe other types of alternative practitioners and and fatigue they gave me.

They gave me some al carnitine and and – and they gave me some coq10 and and and there’s, a number of things that you can give people for fatigue. Maybe they maybe they gave you DHEA. Maybe they gave you’re pregnant alone, not knowing that.

Maybe that wasn’t the right thing to do, but it gave you energy all right. So this is whack-a-mole. This is like we’re gonna we’re gonna give you something that’s, going to give you energy, but here’s.

The deal somebody walks in here with chronic fatigue. I’m gonna be looking at thyroid mismanage misdiagnosed. I’m, going to be looking at blood sugar mismanagement misdiagnosed. I’m gonna be looking at.

I’m gonna be looking at thyroid blood sugar stress hormones. This that misdiagnosed mismatch not even addressed. I’m gonna be looking at gut problems. Maybe I’m gonna be looking at Epstein Barr virus, probably gonna be looking for anemia that’s.

What walks in here that’s, chronic fatigue? Okay, now, a vast majority of the patients who come in here who are chronically fatigued are overweight – probably 70 % of them that walk in here. So let’s say that person walked in here.

Didn’t tell me they were fatigued and they said I’m overweight. I mean there’s literally, nothing that I that I can do. I mean I’m. I can ride my bike. This Nashville case. I can ride my bike 20 miles a day and I can eat 1,500 calories a day and I eat the right things and over a period of year I lost 8 pounds and as soon as I got off the diet, I put my 8 pounds on back In a week so to that person I will say it’s, not calories and calories out for you.

It’s, not exercise for you. It’s. Thyroid blood sugar. Stress hormones gut. Does that sound familiar that’s, that’s very familiar to what I just said for chronic fatigue? So, the point being, I would be having the same exact conversation with both of those people, because because their entire physiology is creating different things and I’ll, throw one more thing in there.

Next person comes in, they got irritable, bowel syndrome, they come in there and go. I’m here for your double bowel syndrome, so I’m talking to them. I look at their stuff. I look at their history and I noticed that they’re overweight and then I asked them: if can they lose weight and they go? No, I can & # 39.

T lose weight. Ok, no matter! What I do I can’t lose right and then I look at their box and they put you know, I get six hours, I get five hours of sleep and I’m. Really, always tired. Would you say if chronic fatigue, oh yeah, my doctor, talking of chronic fatigue, so these had to have chronic fatigue, they can’t lose weight and they got irritable bowel syndrome.

They came in for irritable, bowel syndrome. Am I going to give him something for irritable, bowel syndrome and ignore the fact that they probably have tyroid blood sugar and stress hormones that they may have in the immediate that didn’t know, so the point would be.

You would have the same. Conversation with all of those folks, while ultimately directing their attention to the part that they’re, why their gut is being affected, but why these other issues are also part of it.

This is functional medicine. This is not like up for debate. This is classic functional medicine. This is what is. This was taught in functional medicine University. This is what’s taught in functional and since the suit.

This is what what are, what’s, being taught at the evolving functional medicine, its courses that are being done out there. So I mean this is just something that that’s, come to my mind, it’s actually made my my job a little bit harder than what people used to just come in here years ago.

Go I’m desperate. Just I have all this stuff, somebody told me you help them just whatever you want to do, just do it. Okay, now it’s, a little bit more involved, then I have to kind of like deprogram, sometimes people, some, I’m.

Very good at it. I’m very polite. I’m, not a jerk, but the reality is is if I’m going to enter into a relationship with a person, and they are experts in all of these things, but they’re experts in leaf.

You got out of context to everything else or if they’re embracing this one diet, because they lost 30 pounds, but they’re still in my office, with chronic fatigue for a for apathy, fibromyalgia and all those types of things.

And I need them to change that diet to another diet. It’s really hard for me. If I have to like debate them and you just whatever beginning realize this is the again the functional medicine. Now people actually know the term functional medicine, but you know but but I I go back to the point that I used the I used the term classic functional medicine.

So I mean if I’m, going into a functional medicine practitioners office. I’m going to first say I’m gonna ask them it’s like what type of functional motion you proud. Are you a certified functional medicine practitioner? In other words, did you take a minimum of 125 to 250 hours of a course in which you actually had to take a test and become a certified functional medicine practitioner? How long have you been doing this? Because, depending on how long a person’s been doing it, that’s, that the longer you’ve, been doing it? The more serious? The case is, you can take? I know when I started out.

I was thinking some cases I probably shouldn’t. Take because I just didn’t know not to take them. So these are some of the things that that that I’d, like you to to understand, people are out there and they’re just doing like it’s.

Fine, they might be a classic functional medicine practitioner, just just they might just be. You know specializing in diabetes or thyroid, or something like that. That’s, fine, as long as they know all the other stuff, because that diabetes might be in context with the chronic fatigue patient that I had come in.

It might be in context with the person who came with fibromyalgia. It might be in context with that person who came in with with irritable bowel syndrome, and I can tell you irritable, bowel syndrome.

A lot goes a long way towards screwing up your blood sugar and making it difficult for your diabetes to get better. So this is functional, medicine, okay and I guess it’s been kind of bugging me and I, and, and I haven’t been doing anything online for a while, and I wanted to start up again and we just felt like this – Might be a good place to start so that’s? What I wanted to present today, I and and and I hope that this is something that generates some understanding with you.

I’m, not trying to be mean the people who don’t practice functional medicine in its classic sense. Maybe some of them don’t even know that they’re supposed to be certified. I don’t know I just don’t know.

I just know that my patient population is getting a little bit more difficult in the front. I’m sorry to have to probe the program a lot of people. I start talking to them about the foundational elements of a functional medicine and and and that you can’t get better until you do walk, you can get your oxygen under control.

Your blood sugar under control get your central fatty acids article and they don’t know I’m talking about, but they tell me they’ve, been the three functional medicine practitioners and there’s. A lot more than that, so so that’s more or less my presentation for today.

I hope that you find this well, maybe not entertaining, but I certainly hope that you find us informative, especially if, if you have some problems, if you have chronic issues, I have this maybe helps you to maybe assess where to go a little bit more.

When you’re reading, people’s websites, when you’re when you’re going in and interviewing doctors and and just you know, maybe knowing a little bit more, what questions to ask when you go in There so, and if you want you can let me know what you thought of this – I’m, always open to to suggestions and comments and the criticisms – and I’m good with that.

That’s. How I learn so thank you for tuning in, if you will thank you for watching me. I’m, always humbled to be able to be up here and share my experiences with you, and I hope this was something that you find valuable.

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Today we will be discussing the effects of stress on PCOS.  Not only will we discuss the underlying causes of the disorder but also we will expand on our experiences with PCOS patients who are under high levels of stress. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Hashimoto's thyroiditis is a confusing subject for many, and today we are highlighting an area of significant ambiguity.  Today we will further explore how autoimmune thyroid disease, in the form of Hashimoto's thyroiditis, can occur in thin individuals going against the misconception that Hashimoto's thyroiditis only pertains to individuals with higher body mass indexes. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing what is termed fear avoidance syndrome or kinesophobia as it pertains to fibromyalgia. This is a well acknowledged condition that applies to patients with chronic pain conditions including but not limited to fibromyalgia. We will discuss  how we handle this issue in our fibro sufferers as well as what this means relative to prognosis. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (also known as CFS and Myalgic Enchephalomyelitis) is associated with several areas of dysfunction in the body including but not limited to inflammatory cytokines, chronic intracellular infections, autoimmunity, and mitochondrial pathology.  In today's broadcast we will touch on these topics, but our focus will surround the evidence tying abnormal stressful events in early life to CFS as well as abnormal stress responses in adult life with this condition. Furthermore, we will delve into the research on how cortisol is affected in CFS patients. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Fatigue is a central component of fibromyalgia and for patients is often one of the most confusing symptoms associated with the condition.  In today's broadcast we will discuss underlying causes of the persistent fatigue and new research relative to this symptom complex. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing fibromyalgia and its associations with alterations in grey matter density in the brain.  We will discuss the scientific literature on this topic highlighting how some areas of the brain will have increased grey matter while other areas have decreased grey matter, leading researchers to speculate that this is either a cause or effect of the disorder.  We will present this information with our clinical experience as well as highlighting other phenomena documented in the fibromyalgia patient population that may be contributing to these findings. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing new literature demonstrating asthma sufferers to have different colonies of bacterial in the lungs than normal controls.  We will also discuss this in the context of allergic diseases and potential new therapies on the horizon. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing central pain syndromes, how so many with these conditions are lead to believe they are hysterical and dramatic, and why those with central pain syndromes need to understand the current literature in order to gain a better grasp that their pain is legitimate. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing migraines, and we will delve into the details associated with this condition.  However, the main focus of today's broadcast is to provide information for those with medication refractory migraines, as the new literature is demonstrating some exciting areas for novel treatments of this often debilitating condition. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing RSD also known as complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type 1.  In today's broadcast we will not only distinguish RSD from CRPS type 2 but also delve into the research regarding causes of the pain for RSD sufferers and the continue heightened pain to normally non painful stimuli.  Small fiber neuropathy as well as inflammatory causes will be highlighted. Please enjoy. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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If you or a loved one suffers with chronic UTI's or overactive bladder (OAB), we will be discussing the literature regarding causes of these conditions and their associations in the literature and our clinical observations to anxiety. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be investigating a little talked about but important facet for those treating chronic pain patients.  For those suffering with chronic pain, most are all too familiar with the assertion that the pain is "all in your head," and from this great stigma has surrounded the topic of psychological associations to chronic pain.  However, we will explore the literature tying a history of chronic stress and or abuse as predictors of chronic pain as well as the severity of the pain. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing new scientific articles explaining the relationship between alterations in gut bacteria and the development of Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis). While we are aware that Eczema can be a multifactorial illness that is sometimes triggered by environmental sensitivities, the newest data is suggesting that these hyperactive immune responses are secondary at least in part due to inflammation at the gastrointestinal interface. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Autoimmune thyroid diseases are the most common of the autoimmune diseases affecting industrialized societies.  In addition, research is demonstrating their prevalence to be rising.  In an attempt to pursue this phenomenon, today we discuss new literature associating EBV and parasites with Graves' and Hashimoto's.  In addition, we will discuss other factors which may be associated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid disease. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Last week we discussed how there is increased scientific support for there being an autoimmune component for those who suffer with chronic Lyme related symptoms.  We appreciated the feedback from our viewers, and there appeared to be question and confusion among those living with chronic Lyme related symptoms as to whether there is an immune deficient component to the illness.  In today's broadcast we will survey the scientific articles where these assertions came from, address controversy related to these assertions, and look at some of the newest articles on the topic. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be talking about Chronic Lyme Disease (also referred to as Post Lyme Disease Syndrome and Post Lyme Disease Treatment Syndrome).  Upwards of 10% of individuals infected by the Lyme spirochete have persistent symptoms though many have been through courses of antibiotics.  Though autoimmunity was hypothesized as a cause of persistent Lyme Disease symptoms following Borrelia infection, now it has been confirmed to be present in those suffering with persistent symptoms of Lyme Disease.  Today we will go over new data and older research articles examining the relationships between the infectious trigger and the resultant autoimmune responses that ensue. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing scientific literature examining alterations in gastrointestinal bacteria for those with Autism Spectrum Disorders versus normal individuals.  This was prompted by a Wall Street Journal article examining the powerful effects of gastrointestinal microbes on systemic diseases and health.  This article received a letter to the editor refuting the relationship between gastrointestinal bacteria especially in its relation to autism.  In today's broadcast we are citing several scientific journal articles that are demonstrating a microbial link to autism.  On http://powerhealthtalk.com one can find references from several scientific journals. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing how there are several stages to Alzheimer's disease, and how this classification system of seven stages was organized by researcher Barry Reisberg of NYU.  We will also discuss other underlying causes associated with cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Dr. Martin Rutherford and Dr. Randall Gates were privileged to join former California State Senator Omer Rains on his radio program to discuss chronic conditions and their methods for treating them. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing Traumatic Brain Injury and PCS and factors perpetuating symptoms of the head injury.  Today we will focus particularly on how gastrointestinal barrier integrity is compromised as well as how the mitochondria (considered the powerhouse of our cells that generate cellular energy) are negatively affected by brain injury. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing an important and little discussed topic relative to Traumatic Brain Injury and concussion sufferers.  New research is demonstrating significant hormonal disturbances in upwards of half of brain injury patients, and that these alterations in hormones can be correlated with post concussion symptoms.  Please enjoy the broadcast and if needing further information access the research articles attached to this broadcast by finding it on http://powerhealthtalk.com, then scroll to the bottom of the page for the articles. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be doing an update regarding the association between fibromyalgia and small fiber peripheral neuropathy.  Though we have discussed this topic in the past, we feel it is timely to review the newest information in the field and discuss what this means for the fibromyalgia sufferer. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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In today's broadcast we will be discussing how these three conditions are impending tsunami's if you will for our current health care system, and we will go into greater detail in this broadcast compared to others as to how new line therapies and research are targeting the gastrointestinal tract to improve these conditions. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will discuss Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and its relationship to Major Depressive Disorder.  We will explore how many CFS patients are told they have depression as the primary cause of the illness, and while this may be correct to a degree, in today's broadcast we will discuss how they are separate but interrelated diseases.  Furthermore, this will best be understood by examining the underlying causes of each illness. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing recently published literature associating hypothyroidism and Meniere's disease in a significant number of individuals. We will also discuss other underlying causes of the Meniere's disease in today's broadcast as well. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing an exciting topic on why dizziness patients so often are left with a lack of answers regarding their condition.  We will discuss the numerous underlying causes of dizziness, how a dizziness patient can better convey what they are feeling to their doctors, and simply why doctors and patients feel as though they are out of options for the chronic complaint of dizziness. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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In today's broadcast we will be discussing the exciting new research regarding melatonin and its ability to act as an antioxidant, and how this new research may translate to helping a number of metabolic, endocrine, and neurologic disorders. Please enjoy! Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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If you been diagnosed with idiopathic peripheral neuropathy, and in today's broadcast we are going to talk about running a test many patients have not had performed, and how this test is yielding significant information for doctors who are pursuing a diagnosis for idiopathic neuropathy patients. We will go through the evolution of how this test came to fruition for diagnosing neuropathy and how it has now been accepted as a gold standard test for diagnosing idiopathic neuropathy patients. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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In today's broadcast we will be discussing the new researching linking polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) to autoimmune disease.  PCOS is a multifactorial disorder with underlying causes of insulin resistance and or elevated adrenal production of DHEA. However, over the last four years scientists have been investigating the link between PCOS and the immune system, and now PCOS is being strongly linked to autoimmune thyroid diseases such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis and other autoimmune conditions. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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In today's broadcast we will be discussing how inflammation is gaining greater notoriety in the scientific literature as a primary cause of depression.  Yes, depression is multifactorial, but new research is demonstrating how inflammation leads to the abnormal breakdown of tryptophan leading to lower levels of serotonin.  However, the newest scientific research is demonstrating that rather than low serotonin levels, the "toxic" by products of tryptophan metabolism may be at the core of depression. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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In today's broadcast we will cover why so many Fibromyalgia patients are in dismay regarding their lack of progress, why the current health care system is not set up to deal with multifaceted problems such as fibromyalgia, and why your frustration should not be directed against your doctors.  Sorry for the poor audio quality.  We had microphone issues, but feel the content is still worth listening to. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Few diseases are as controversial as toxic mold.  In today's broadcast we are going to argue that mold exposure is real but may not be the primary cause of ongoing chronic disease.  Please enjoy! Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today's broadcast is covering Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) or more specifically Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type 1 (CRPS-1). We will also discuss nerve related injuries classified as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type 2 (CRPS-2) formerly known as causalgia.  Many patients with chronic unrelenting pain following trivial or significant trauma classified under these umbrellas feel dejected with a lack of acceptance regarding their condition as well as there being a lack of answers.  In today's broadcast we will describe the mechanisms as to why RSD/CRPS occurs and discuss treatment options. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing hyperhidrosis, which is a rather common problem in our society affecting approximately 5-10% of the population.  This can be a disabling condition that induces social anxiety for fear of what others will think a sweaty palm when shaking hands.  In today's broadcast we will cover current treatments for this condition and other non drug modalities the hyperhidrosis patient should be aware of. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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In today's broadcast we will discuss why Adrenal Fatigue is a real entity affecting millions of Americans, and why this gland has been neglected by our current health care system to date. We will discuss the most up to date information regarding the adrenals, and how they are intimately involved with depression, anxiety, PTSD, burnout, emotional exhaustion, and those who have perfectionism. Please enjoy, Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing the most common cause of vertigo known as BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo).  We will give you an explanation of why BPPV occurs and bring clarity as to why the vertigo occurs.  We will also discuss why some cases do not improve and many patients that we see in this office have persistent dizziness and vertigo after their BPPV has been treated. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Last week we discussed that there is no silver bullet for chronic pain. Today we are going a little deeper into the discussion and we are going to highlight the societal aspects of chronic pain, and how our daily habits and routines are overwhelming the health care system's ability to treat one condition with one "magic pill," as so many in our society have multiple problems and vicious cycles deteriorating their health. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Chronic pain is a burgeoning problem in the U.S. with more individuals suffering with chronic pain than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined.  In today's broadcast we will discuss new initiatives to curtail chronic pain, now that 130 million Americans suffer with this.  We will also interject our observations with the current pain management system and discuss how a new paradigm needs to be presented in order to address this problem of epidemic proportions. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Leaky Gut Syndrome as a term and phenomena is gaining wider acceptance among patients and clinicians, yet with this increased recognition greater scrutiny is being placed on this term. In today's broadcast we will explain this controversy so you can better understand both sides of the argument in order to make an informed decision. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Migraines and headaches affect a substantial proportion of the American population, with upwards of 15% of people suffering with migraines at any given time.  Though medications and botox injections can be helpful for many, in our clinic we see a large number of individuals who's headache are refractory to meds and botox.  In today's discussion we will cover migraine but also new daily persistent headaches, the underlying causes of these disorders, and discuss potential solutions for the headache sufferer. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) is a condition that can be associated with other chronic conditions such as Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Anxiety, irritable bowel symptoms, and Lyme Disease.  In today's broadcast we will discuss how POTS can be an independent cause of fatigue, summarize the current treatments for this condition, but also expand upon new research demonstrating an autoimmune component that may be driving POTS.  Please enjoy. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today were are continuing our discussion on short term memory loss and brain fog, conditions that affect those with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), minimal cognitive impairment, and mastocytosis.  Today we are going deeper into the discussion of how memories are formed in the brain, and why inflammation is so devastating to our brain's ability generate memories. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Brain Fog is a common problem for patients suffering with chronic pain and chronic fatigue. Only recently has it become an area of discussion in the scientific literature, and there is no set consensus on how to treat it. However, in today's broadcast we will discuss how Brain Fog relates to conditions such as Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Autism, Celiac Disease, Mastocytosis, and Minimal Cognitive Impairment to name a few. We will discuss the newest research discussing certain types of inflammation associated with brain fog, and potential therapies on the horizon. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.  Over the years scores of thyroid patients have presented to our clinic with persistent thyroid symptoms though they were on thyroid medication.  We have been taught as a society that symptoms of symptoms of hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism are due to thyroid gland dysfunction.  While this is correct, the underlying cause of the thyroid dysfunction, the immune system, has received little attention. In today's broadcast we will be discussing why your immune system likely the missing link for those who have persistent "thyroid symptoms" while still on appropriate medication therapy. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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With popularization of different diets for gut health and gut repair strategies, including probiotics becoming mainstream, many people coming to our clinic tell us that they have "healed their gut problems" because they went on a specific diet or took supplements. However, most of the time when we test for leaky gut syndrome, they still come up as having it, much to their surprise. In today's broadcast we will discuss why you're gut healing strategies may not have been as effective as you thought in healing your leaky gut, IBS, or SIBO and possible mechanisms to make your attempts at healing your gastrointestinal tract more permanent. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing ADHD, and what you do when the medications do not work. In today's broadcast we are going to give you an overview of ADHD and how the medications work but also new findings in the literature as to why many patients with ADHD have autoimmune or allergic disorders that appear to be exacerbating or propagating their symptoms. We will also be discussing the specific areas of the brain involved with this condition. Please enjoy! Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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In today's broadcast we will be discussing a very important topic, Lyme disease. In the field of Lyme disease there are two  different philosophies for treating the condition, with one proposing that chronic Lyme does exist while the other states that the disease should be cured after the first 30 days. However, many chronic Lyme suffers continue to have  symptoms and as a result may be frustrated with lack of progress. In today's  broadcast we will be discussing brand-new information,  information that is probably going to change the way the medical community looks at Lyme disease, as to why chronic Lyme suffers are not getting better and how this can translate into improved treatment outcomes. Please enjoy! Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing the blood brain barrier as it relates to Multiple Sclerosis.  Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks brain and spinal cord tissue.  In previous broadcasts we have discussed how the gut interacts with M.S. patients, and today we will take it a step further in expanding upon how breakdown of the blood  brain barrier is involved in the M.S. disease process. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing the chronic pain epidemic, which for all intents and purposes is becoming a tsunami for our health care system.  The paradigm for treating chronic pain patients has been to alleviate the problem in the affected joint.  The classic examples of this include applying massage, physical therapy, chiropractic, medications, and ultimately surgery if necessary to the affected body region to help with the pain. Though these modalities absolutely have their place and can be very effective for acute pain, often they become less effective in the arena of chronic pain. In today's broadcast we will highlight why this happens, and how we have to shift our paradigm relative to chronic pain.  We propose that the most effective paradigm for chronic pain sufferers who have failed the traditional route, is a brain centered approach. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing insomnia, one of the most common disorders in our society that drastically impacts quality of life.  Insomnia is also tied to several other common neurological and hormonal conditions including chronic pain syndromes, depression, menopause, and traumatic brain injury sufferers.  In today's broadcast we will discuss why individuals have insomnia, and by understanding this how solutions can be endeavored to provide a better nights sleep. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Consistently even with persistent reminders and weekly videos on the topic, many of our patients have difficulty maintaining their dietary recommendations long-term. This has led us to reconsider our approach and paradigm to addressing food intolerances and allergies. Therefore we have looked further into the matter, and are presenting a topic this week on food addiction. We feel this may be a continuum and an underlying reason why so many have difficulty sticking to their diets. Furthermore, socially it is hard to restrict foods, because we are inundated and surrounded by them in social gatherings most of the time.  In today's broadcast we will discuss what you can do to prevent relapses in the biochemistry in your brain causing you to not be able to resist foods off your diet.   Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome, known as IBS, is an extremely common condition affecting upwards of 20% of the population.  Many patients with IBS become frustrated by limiting diets, poor response to supplements, and that their condition is not deemed to be that serious even though the symptoms can make social situations very awkward and stressful.  In today's broadcast we will discuss how the scientific literature is shifting its opinion on IBS as being primarily a neurological problem rather than a gut problem.    Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Memory loss is a disabling problem, and a costly one too.  Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia, is quoted in some references as being more expensive to take care of than cancer, heart attack, and stroke combined for a national health care system.  Even more disturbing is that the number of people with Alzheimer's is projected to double every 20 years. Therefore, we have an unsustainable problem regarding memory loss. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Knowledge regarding the long term effects of multiple head injuries and even sub-concussive hits also known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is growing rapidly. As a society we grapple with our love for these sports while realizing that some of our favorite stars are now being shown to develop Dementia, Depression and Parkinsonian symptoms secondary repeated head injuries. In today's broadcast we will highlight the current information as to why these head injuries are so disastrous to the brain, but the other factors occurring in ones lifetime which perpetuate the brain dysfunction. By understanding this last point we may be able to come up with strategies to slow the brain degeneration. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we have a passionate topic covering Depression and Anxiety.  We all know that the main line treatment for these conditions includes medications.  In today's broadcast we will cover why these medications work, but we will go into greater detail exploring underlying causes of depression and anxiety that you may not be aware of and how this will translate into frontline therapies for these conditions. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Contention around the issue of concussions is only growing, and we feel with the upcoming release of the movie "Concussion," it is only appropriate to address this issue with the most up to date information.  For those who have suffered one or multiple concussions and life is never the same, the road going forward can be a difficult one. Fortunately, we are now in an era where these symptoms are validated and are not met with skepticism as they were even as recently as ten years ago.  However, main line therapies are lacking.  In today's broadcast we will discuss the current literature, our experience with this information, and how this new information will allow doctors to create novel therapies for the post concussion syndrome sufferer. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing memory loss and Alzheimers as it relates to inflammation.  Homocysteine is an inflammatory molecule in our body, and when too high it can result in a variety of vascular and neurological impairments.  In today's broadcast we will discuss why it is imperative to have this value checked if you are concerned about the health of your brain going forward. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing multiple chemical sensitivity.  Have you ever known someone who cannot tolerate perfumes or the smell of a certain food?  While these individuals often suffer with great social and occupational criticism, what they are suffering with is real and not made up. Today we will discuss the science behind this condition and reasons for treatment. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing medications used for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and their association with vitamin B12 deficiency.  Though in last weeks broadcast we commented that B12 deficiency is not the only cause of chronic fatigue, it can be associated with a host of neurological and metabolic diseases. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing a complicated illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).  Similar to Fibromyalgia, CFS is a diagnosis that has a lot of confusion surrounding it. Physicians and patients are often frustrated by the lack of improvements with specific treatments.  In today's broadcast we will discuss why doctors and patients have to approach this problem with a different paradigm, and how in doing so this multifaceted problem can be addressed. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing the potential downfall of Functional Medicine. Functional Medicine is a rapidly evolving discipline that is gaining in popularity. However, with more practitioners jumping into this new paradigm of healthcare, the identity of Functional Medicine is becoming diluted. Today Dr. Rutherford, and Dr. Gates will discuss the direction that Functional Medicine appears to be taking and their opinions and concerns regarding that matter. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing small fiber peripheral neuropathy, a condition that can independently be associated with severe foot and leg pain, but also is now being associated with fibromyalgia.  In today's broadcast we will discuss new developments in the literature and seen in clinical practice that are being used to help those with this disabling neurological disorder. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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It has been many months since we talked about Fibromyalgia, and today we felt the need to bring you the latest scientific findings regarding this pain disorder which has many misconceptions. With the passing of every month, more is learned about Fibromyalgia, and what was once a nebulous confusing diagnostic entity is now a condition that is well understood by many who are abreast of the latest research. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Vitamin D status is a very important topic. Once thought to only be critical in calcium metabolism, the systemic health benefits of normal Vitamin D levels are just now being realized.  In today's broadcast we will highlight how Vitamin D interacts with the immune system, as many of our patients have immune disorders, and new frontiers in Vitamin D research. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing insomnia.  This is an extremely prevalent disorder, and though it is not life threatening for the vast majority of patients, it does cause significant burden and decreased quality of life for those who suffer with insomnia.  In today's broadcast we will present some exciting information that is new to the scientific research regarding natural treatments for this condition as well as recommendations from medical societies on how to approach this problem. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Patients with hypothyroidism frequently express to us that they have tremendous confusion regarding claims on the internet regarding the success of alternative treatments, whether to take iodine, if it is safe for them to eat broccoli, and whether they should try an animal glandular or not. In today's broadcast we will discuss the up to date information regarding mainstream medical and alternative approaches for thyroid management. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing Adrenal Fatigue.  Many of us realize that when we are under stress for long periods that this may be associated with feeling tired and run down. However, Adrenal Fatigue is not a recognized medical diagnosis. Today we will present the research on this and explain why this prevalent problem should be more readily accepted and treated. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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It is time to discuss Gluten Sensitivity again.  Somehow incredible confusion and misinformation surrounds this pivotal issue, and therefore our broadcast today is designed to give you the most up to date information from the scientific community regarding this topic. Please enjoy! Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Multiple Sclerosis can be a disabling disease, and though there are medications which can decrease the number of relapses and improve quality of life to a certain degree, there is no cure for the disease.  Scientists are constantly looking to what causes M.S., and new research is bringing focus back to the gastrointestinal tract, the bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, diet, and how well the contents of our intestines are separated from the blood stream.  Please enjoy our broadcast. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing an interesting and hot topic regarding the widely used cholesterol lowering medications, termed statins, and their association with peripheral neuropathy.  In today's broadcast we will attempt to present both sides of the argument, and what this all means to the peripheral neuropathy sufferer.  Please enjoy! Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Last week one of the United States premier morning shows discussed polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), and relayed how this condition is not well understood and that genetics are to blame.  In today's broadcast we will be discussing how we do not agree with these assertions.  Furthermore, we will delve into how those with chronic conditions are often told that they are suffering largely due to their genetics when in fact conditions such as PCOS can be improved through medical and natural treatments.  Please enjoy! Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing how altered sleep patterns keep fibromyalgia patients in pain.  We will be discussing new research relative to this topic and explain how the brains ability to shut off pain is diminished when there is a lack of restful sleep.  Please enjoy! Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and FODMAP's.  IBS is a very common disorder in our society causing gastrointestinal distress for millions of Americans, who often do not know what foods are increasing their symptoms of abdominal bloating, flatulence, and altered bowel habits.  Today we will discussing a cornerstone of IBS management, and that is acknowledgment of foods that contain short chain carbohydrates which increase symptoms for IBS patients. Please enjoy! Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing dizziness in the form of two conditions, Mal de Embarquement Syndrome and Motion sickness.  Both of these conditions are associated with motion on a plane or a boat, and motion sickness can also occur after riding in a car.  The scientific community continues to gain greater understanding of these conditions and why they occur, and we will present this information in today's broadcast.  Please enjoy! Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing Functional Neurology.  Our clinic is comprised of patients who have inflammatory, autoimmune, hormonal, and neurological problems.   Relative to neurological conditions, in our practice we see patients who have chronic pain syndromes such as fibromyalgia, peripheral neuropathy, dizziness, vertigo, migraines, restless leg syndrome, and post concussion syndrome to name a few.  Most of our patients have a good understanding as to why we institute dietary and nutritional management strategies for their inflammation, yet today we felt the need to elaborate on why the neurological rehabilitation aspect of treatment is important for our patients. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing the latest research on why post concussion syndrome patients develop this condition and do not get better. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are talking about a serious and common illness, Depression, and new research regarding how the gastrointestinal tract may be involved with this condition.  Though Depression is a complicated disorder with many neurologic, genetic, and exogenous factors involved, today we will be discussing exciting research regarding the effects the gut can have on the brain function in depressed patients. Please enjoy! Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing skin conditions and the latest research regarding lack of bacterial balance in the gut and its connection to disorders such as psoriasis and rosacea.  The information presented today is exciting, as the argument for the gut being a causal mechanism and generator of these conditions is growing stronger.  Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing Rheumatoid Arthritis and how this disease may be caused by infections.  Today we will be highlighting a bacteria found in the gut and urinary tract of RA patients termed Proteus mirabilis, which has been shown to be a critical factor in the propagation of the RA immune response.  We will also be discussing research articles on how vegetarian diets have been shown to help some RA patients, and even more exciting information on how the vegetarian diets have been shown to decrease Proteus mirabilis in the body. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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The newest scientific literature regarding Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease is extremely exciting as the scientific community is now becoming more aware of how the bacteria in our intestines and colon interplay with our immune system.  For some individuals who are genetically susceptible, this can manifest as Ulcerative Colitis and or Crohn's Disease.  In today's broadcast we will be discussing this new literature, and prospectively what it means for the inflammatory bowel disease sufferers going forward, and how doctors will be managing these conditions. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we have another broadcast we are enthused about.  For the next several weeks we will be discussing autoimmune diseases and their relationships to infections which may be integral in causing them.  Though much of the alternative community is now focusing on how diet may play a role in autoimmune hepatitis and other autoimmune disease, we are looking to educate you regarding the most recent information on the other factors that can be resulting in what we are terming an autoimmune epidemic, where some estimates state that 1/6 Americans suffer with an autoimmune disease. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are specifically talking about Ankylosing Spondylitis, a condition where the joints of the spine fuse due to the immune system attacking these joints. In today's broadcast we will be covering how certain organisms in the gastrointestinal tract are associated with this condition, and what scientists and doctors are doing to get to the underlying causes. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), and it has been several months since we last discussed this disorder.  Today's broadcast will focus on management strategies, both mainstream and alternative, which can help the PCOS patient improve the complaints which bother them most. For some PCOS sufferers unwanted hair growth, termed hirsuitism, is the chief complaint.  For others menstrual irregularity and severe menstrual cramping are most distressing, while for some the inability to conceive a child is the most frustrating. We will also go into the underlying mechanisms behind this disorder and the associated symptoms. The aim of this broadcast is for the PCOS sufferer to feel more empowered and able to fuel discussions with doctors regarding alternative and medical treatments that may be of benefit.   Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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This morning we are discussing the growing problem of Alzheimer's disease and memory problems.  The pharmaceutical community has tenaciously been pursuing solutions to these issues, yet unfortunately the results to date have not been satisfactory to many clinicians and patients.  Today we discuss the new relationships tying obesity and type II diabetes to Alzheimer's disease, and the lifestyle interventions that could be employed to combat these changes. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing a newly acknowledged term, Leaky Brain Syndrome.  In previous broadcasts we have discussed Leaky Gut Syndrome at length and the potential negative health effects of this condition, ranging from autoimmune disease, diabetes, and obesity.  Recently, researchers have provided us with information on how the blood brain barrier (BBB) can also break down, with the result being excessive inflammation in the brain.  This issue is now being tied to worsening of conditions such as Parkinson's Disease and abnormal thyroid hormone levels in the brain. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page. Thank you for listening!

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Today we are talking about sugar. We have had requests to talk about this, and in practice we see that our patients are often confused about "good vs bad" forms of carbohydrates. Today we will discuss how sugar is processed in the body.  We will also discuss the glycemic index, which has been used to illustrate how much available sugar is in a food such as an apple, and how this is now being supplanted by something termed the insulin index. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page. Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing fibromyalgia. It has been at least 4 months since our last broadcast on the topic.  Not only do we want to bring you up to speed on the newest research over the last few months, but also we will be covering how fibromyalgia is a real entity as well as the definitive causal mechanisms for this disorder.  If you or someone you know suffers with fibromyalgia, please tune in and enjoy the newest data supporting why there is pain, brain fog, and often irritable bowel syndrome associated with this illness. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page. Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing IBS as it relates to foods that may provoke an IBS patient’s symptoms as well as an antibiotic that is showing promise in helping some IBS patients.   FODMAP’s are foods that contain certain carbohydrate structures that can attract water into the gastrointestinal tract as well as feeding bacteria in the gut which can produce excessive gas.  In addition, today we will discuss the infamous gluten as it relates to gastrointestinal problems such as IBS as well as the wide spread manifestations of gluten, and lastly we will also discuss how Rifaximin, a locally acting antibiotic, can restore normalcy to the bowel health of an IBS patient. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page. Thank you for listening!

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Lysine and its Antiviral Properties Today we are discussing a powerful compound termed Lysine.  Though Lysine is an amino acid in our food, studies have shown this natural compound to be effective in helping viral infections.  Today we will discuss the literature as well as the clinical utility of this, and the results of Lysine we have recently observed in our practice. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing Hormone Replacement Therapy as it applies to post menopausal females.  In today's broadcast, we will attempt to present both sides of the argument of why HRT may be of benefit to some individuals and also why it may have deleterious consequences for others. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Fibromyalgia is a common condition, that lacks a gold standard treatment.  Studies have shown that medications are often minimally effective, and that simple interventions like exercise may be of more benefit.  Tremendous confusion surrounds the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia, for both doctors and patients. The three major underlying "triggers" of fibromyalgia include stress, inflammation, and small fiber peripheral neuropathy.  In our clinical experience, as well as the literature, a significant percentage of fibromyalgia patients have been exposed to horrific circumstances, and the long lasting effects of this stress in the form of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are important to not only recognize, but also to use as a tool in the aim of helping the Fibromyalgia patient improve. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening! PTSD and its Role in Fibromyalgia

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Today we are discussing diagnostic testing as it relates to Leaky Gut Syndrome.  Though in previous broadcasts we have discussed Leaky Gut Syndrome at length as it relates to a host of illness including obesity, diabetes, and autoimmune disease, we have not discussed how this entity is officially diagnosed.  Today we will discuss different tests on the market but also why we use the Cyrex Array 2, a novel test for Leaky Gut Syndrome, in our clinic on a regular basis. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing B12 and Iron Deficiency as they relate to H. pylori infections.  H. pylori is a bacteria that lives in the stomach and can cause a plethora of health conditions far removed from the gastrointestinal tract such as cardiac and eye problems.  Today we will discuss the effects of this infection on two critical vitamins and minerals, and will discuss natural management strategies for this. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing the causes of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).  The standard medical approach to treating RA consists of immune modulating medications.  Likely you have seen these advertised on television, and while these medications can be effective in helping patients with their pain, getting to the underlying cause of the condition has received less attention and notoriety.  In today's broadcast we will discuss findings from lead authors in the field regarding the underlying cause of this condition. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing Anxiety and Panic Attacks.  Disorders of the anxiety spectrum are pervasive in our society, such that upwards of 30% of the population will suffer with one of these at any given time.  Anxiety disorders can range from phobias, to obsessive compulsive disorder, to post traumatic stress disorder.  In today's broadcast we will dissect these issues as well as discussing the underlying neurological causes. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing Lyme disease.  In our opinion, there is not a more confusing subject than Lyme disease to both patients and doctors.  Today we will try to give you an understanding of Lyme disease, the bacteria associated with this, other infections that go along with this disorder, as well as how the infectious disease community and the alternative Lyme practitioners differ in their opinions about this increasingly prevalent disease. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing the infamous Epstein Barr Virus.  Epstein Barr, also known as EBV, has garnered significant controversy between the mainstream medical community and the alternative and complementary medicine community.  In this broadcast we will attempt to give you an overview of both vantage points as well as going into our clinical observations as they relate to EBV. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing restless leg syndrome. We have done several broadcasts on restless leg syndrome, however today we are going to tie the separate pieces together so that you as the restless leg suffer, or loved one of a restless leg suffer, has a better idea as to the causes of the condition as well as the natural management strategies that are available. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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This week we will be discussing weight loss beyond the calories Part V.  This will be our final broadcast in this series, and today we are discussing the effects of stress on weight gain, and specifically how stress hormones affect our physiology in a negative fashion when chronically elevated. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing fibromyalgia. We have done many broadcasts on fibromyalgia relative to neurologic dysfunction and autoimmune problems. Today, we are aiming to bring all these topics together for a full picture so that the fibromyalgia patient can better understand their own symptoms and their pain. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing Weight Loss, Beyond the Calories Part Four.  In this series we are discussing the multitude of causes for an individual to be unable to lose weight. Today we will be discussing the effects of hormones, specifically testosterone and estrogen on weight loss for both sexes. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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This week we are discussing hypothyroidism.  In previous broadcasts we have discussed different aspects of this extremely prevalent condition, including thyroid autoimmunity, thyroid conversion, and subclinical hypothyroidism.  Today, we will present these different aspects of thyroid disorders so that those with hypothyroidism can understand relationships of this disease to depression, obesity, liver disease, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, and miscarriage to name a few. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are doing part three of our series, "Weight Loss, Beyond the Calories."  These broadcasts are intended for those who have difficulty losing weight and those that have already tried dietary changes and exercise.  Furthermore, we discuss the myriad of underlying physiologic variables leading to an individual not being able to lose weight. In Today's broadcast we are focusing on the thyroid as it relates to weight gain and weight loss.  Two weeks ago we discussed the importance of the gastrointestinal tract to weight gain, and we have found the thyroid to be of significant importance for those who are unable to lose weight.  We will be discussing the thyroid in great detail, and how the thyroid tests approved by third party payers may not be sufficient for determining how the thyroid is affecting weight gain. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing Peripheral Neuropathy.  Peripheral Neuropathy is a condition affecting upwards of 20 million adults in the United States and also 1/10 individuals over the age of 65.  Likely you know someone with peripheral neuropathy.  Most patients are informed there is nothing that can be done for this condition, and that they will just have to live with it.  However, today we are presenting the most recent concepts in managing peripheral neuropathy including therapies that do not include medications. Thus far, we have done broadcasts on small fiber peripheral neuropathy and diabetic peripheral neuropathy, but today we are going to talk about the 80+ causes of peripheral neuropathy and how we manage many of these in our office.  In addition, we will be discussing new treatment options for those who suffer with this disabling disorder. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing "Weight Loss, Beyond the Calories Part II."  As was discussed in the first broadcast on this topic, we will be doing a multipart series on this issue of weight loss addressing the reasons why some people are unable to lose weight with caloric restriction. Please enjoy, and send us your questions.  Please forward us any questions here on our website or go to our Power Health Facebook page http://powerhealthreno.com/Facebook Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing "Fibromyalgia, the Problem is in Your Nerves, Not Your Muscles."  There are many misconceptions about Fibromyalgia, one being that it is a muscle disorder.  In today's broadcast we will discuss how this condition is primarily a neurologic disorder caused by immune system abnormalities as well as chronically elevated stress hormones. Please enjoy, and send us your questions.  Please forward us any questions here on our website or go to our Power Health Facebook page http://powerhealthreno.com/Facebook Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing “Weight Loss, Beyond the Calories, Part I.”   For decades the prevailing notion in dieting has been that obesity is secondary to consuming too many calories, and by reducing caloric intake one should be able to lose weight.  There is no arguing that this method works for some.  However, the current scientific studies are suggesting that the “calorie counting” method to be a disservice to the public because it does not take into account the multitude of factors involved in Obesity. In today’s broadcast we will go into this topic with greater detail, and also know that this will be one episode in a multipart series.  Our aim in this series is to give people better understanding as to why low calorie diets may not work and what aspects of ones health and diet need to be examined further in this setting. Please enjoy, and send us your questions.  Please forward us any questions here on our website or go to our Power Health Facebook page http://powerhealthreno.com/Facebook Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we present an article out of the journal Rheumatology International published last month, that documented significant improvements in Fibromyalgia patients that went on a gluten free diet.  As is commonly the case with gluten, this paper has created quite a stir in the rheumatology and chronic pain circles, and we will try to bring clarity to both sides of the argument.  More importantly, for those suffering with Fibromyalgia, we will talk about the applicability of this article. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Lately there have been many articles and columns that are bashing Chiropractic Neurology also known as Functional Neurology.  In this weeks segment Dr. Rutherford and Dr. Gates discuss the ignorance of these statements and how this profession is way ahead of the curve in addressing the brain and nervous system without drugs or surgery. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Over the years, there has been discrepancy in the medical literature as to when a patient should be treated for hypothyroidism based on the severity of their lab tests.  In today's broadcast, we will discuss this in detail as well as the fact that "borderline" cases of hypothyroidism can be highly clinically significant to heart disease, and new literature is supporting that subclinical hypothyroidism may have an impact on depression, metabolic syndrome, and miscarriages. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing a heated and somewhat controversial topic, "Insurance Companies and Hospitals, the Downfall of Healthcare." Typically in these broadcasts we discuss topics related to particular health conditions.  However, recently we have been hearing many complaints by doctors and patients regarding financial pressure from these two entities. We will try to explain the nuances of this and bring more clarity as to what is happening on the front lines of healthcare, as it relates to chronic pain and chronic illnesses.  Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing the topic "Obesity, it all Starts in the Gut." The American population, similar to other industrialized nations, has become increasingly overweight and obese, with some estimates stating that 2/3rds of our population will be obese in the next 20-30 years.  In our experience, there is tremendous confusion regarding the "right diet," and also on how to sustain some of these diets so that the "Yo-Yo" dieting phenomenon does not occur. Specifically today we will be discussing how diet affects bacteria in our gastrointestinal tract, that are now being associated with obesity.  In today's broadcast we will attempt to demonstrate that weight loss goes far beyond simple calorie counting, and how this issue is far more complex than we once thought. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be talking about SIBO.SIBO stands for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, and is a relatively newly acknowledged entity which causes symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).  Because many of our patients have IBS as well as SIBO, we wanted to take today to discuss the new findings regarding SIBO in how it is diagnosed as well as how it is treated. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing female pattern hair loss, hirsuitism (excessive and unwanted hair growth often on the face or chest), and congenital causes of elevated testosterone in females. These are all issues that can cause considerable emotional angst.  Because of this, we will be discussing the underlying mechanisms and physiology behind these complaints. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be discussing treatments for Peripheral Neuropathy, a condition affecting 20 million people where individuals suffer with burning, tingling, numbness, pain, cramping or weakness starting in the feet progressing up to the hands. As many of you are aware, we have done hours on neuropathy, primarily discussing the different causes of neuropathy aside from diabetes.  However, in today's broadcast we will discuss more specifically the current research regarding non drug treatments for this disabling condition. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing balance disorders.Problems with balance can be caused by a multitude of issues, ranging from inner ear disorders, lack of sensation in the feet, as well as disorders of the brain.  Due to the disability caused by balance impairment, we will be discussing this topic in greater detail today as well as new insights on how balance can be managed without drugs or surgery. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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In today's broadcast Dr. Rutherford and Dr. Gates discuss the newest trend in alternative medicine (as well as traditional medicine) where many conditions are treated in a cookbook fashion allowing in many cases minimal or temporary results.They will discuss why each individual needs to have a program designed just for them and carefully monitored and tweaked to ensure the best long term results. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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This week we are doing an update on Restless Leg Syndrome.  RLS is a disabling condition where individuals attempt to sit down or go to bed in the evening, and they experience an intense sensation to move their legs.  Often, they have to get up and move around, preventing them from getting adequate sleep.  Most RLS sufferers describe it as being miserable. Today we will present some of the new data regarding RLS, and potential new treatment options. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we will be doing a second update on the new findings relative to Fibromyalgia. Upwards of 5% of the American population suffers with this debilitating disorder, characterized by severe pain all of the body, and other symptoms such as depression, headaches, and IBS.  Last week we discussed the new data relative to scientific articles demonstrating that a significant percentage of fibromyalgia patients have dysfunction or damage to the nerves which transmit pain, termed small fiber neuropathy. This week we will be discussing "hot off the press" research articles discussing other new findings regarding Fibromyalgia, and how this relates to new clinical interventions. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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This week we have a topic that we are both excited about, Fibromyalgia and small fiber neuropathy.  In the last year there have been numerous landmark scientific studies demonstrating that fibromyalgia patients have problems with the nerves sensing pain.  These issues can range from the pain nerves discharging spontaneously and abnormally in fibromyalgia patients to actual nerve degeneration involving the pain nerves, a condition termed small fiber neuropathy.These studies are of great significance as our understanding of fibromyalgia has drastically changed over  the last 25-30 years.  What was once a condition that was termed a diagnosis of exclusion, meaning "you don't have rheumatoid arthritis but you have pain like someone who does and we don't know what is wrong with you," has become an entity with many recognized problems in the brain, spinal cord, the immune system, and now the peripheral nerves. We will use today as an update on Fibromyalgia from our broadcast earlier this year. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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This weeks broadcast is on “Heavy Metal Toxicity.”  The topic of heavy metals is an area of contentious debate between those in the alternative community and mainstream medicine. Today we will try to present literature and the point of view of both sides, as well as our observations relative to heavy metal toxicity, and when it becomes clinically significant to the chronic pain patient. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Are you a male over the age of 30 who does not feel as strong and vigorous as you did in the past?  Is your libido low?  Do find that your depressed? Or are you a female who's loved one is a male and experiencing these symptoms. Manopause is a term referring to the process where men age and experience symptoms of low sex hormones.  This is very analogous to menopause which females experience.  Centers are popping up around the country in an effort to treat this relatively new diagnostic entity. There is a lot of debate in medical circles as to how we actually diagnose Manopause, the lab tests involved, and the correct treatments. Today we will attempt to cover these in detail as well as the pro's and con's of medical as well as alternative treatments for this condition. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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As the NFL and collegiate football seasons approach, the topic of concussion has resurfaced.  Greater attention is now being placed on what these head injuries due to our young athletes, and how we can manage these better going forward.  Today's broadcast will discuss these topics but also much attention will be dedicated to the long term effects of what is termed the post concussion syndrome. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Do you or a loved one suffer with vertigo?  Today we will be discussing two of the most common causes of vertigo, Vestibular Neuritis and Meniere's disease.  New information from scientific journals is associating both of these conditions of the inner ear to be caused by the immune system.  We will discuss how these conditions come about and how they lead to disabling vertigo, but also the underlying mechanisms which set them off.  Lastly, we will discuss rehabilitation for both of these conditions. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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In today's broadcast Dr. Rutherford and Dr. Gates will be discussing the benefits of the Paleo Diet as well as, while it is a diet they embrace, how it is not necessarily the best for certain individuals. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Many patients come to us having been through severe stress.  These very unfortunate events in life are not only unpleasant to go through  at the time that they are occurring, but also they can remodel our brain. Many of our patients who have been through atrocious stressors will produce heightened responses to stress for the remainder of their lives to seemingly low stress environments. Today we will discuss the brain chemistry involved in this process and tips you can use on a daily basis to nullify the destructive effects of stress in your life. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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This weeks broadcast is on Crohn's Disease (CD).  CD is an autoimmune disorder affecting the gastrointestinal tract, and most commonly results in bloody diarrhea, fever, weight loss, joint pains, and in some cases skin lesions. Patients with CD tend to have flare ups, and commonly will require surgery to remove portions of the intestines or colon that become inflamed and block the passage of intestinal and bowel contents.  Currently, this with the use of immune modulating medications are the standard of care. In today's broadcast we discuss the underlying causes of this autoimmune disorder, and some of the exciting new therapies being employed to decrease symptoms and flare ups in CD patients. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are doing our broadcast on the effects of Berberine.  Berberine has been used for millennia in Asia in the treatment of diarrhea and gastrointestinal problems.  In the 1990's it was observed to have powerful effects on reducing blood sugar in diabetic patients.  Since that time Berberine has been shown to decrease blood sugar nearly on par with other anti-diabetic medications as well as reducing cholesterol levels.  There are many other effects of berberine that are being observed in mice, however the limitations at this time mainly center around the fact that Berberine is not well absorbed.  Therefore, we have read several articles where pharmaceutical researchers have attempted to modify berberine so that it can be absorbed more effectively.  Please enjoy this broadcast, as in the coming years you will likely hear more about this powerful natural compound. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing the antioxidant glutathione.  Glutathione is no ordinary antioxidant, and that needs to be emphasized in an age where many products are touted as being the best antioxidant.  The uniqueness of glutathione is that our body produces it.  However, some individuals may not be able to produce adequate amounts, and also in other instances certain toxins can deplete our body of glutathione.  Glutathione production and treatment with this compound is an area of hot research at the moment as there are early signs to indicate its efficacy in treating neurodegenerative as well as autoimmune disorders. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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This week we will be discussing the Adrenals as the wrong target.  No, we will not give the adrenals completely bad press, as we will discuss the obvious positives in treating the adrenal glands for those with functional adrenal fatigue and also functional hypercortisolism.  We will then go on to discuss other factors that are equally important as the adrenals, but may be often neglected. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today's broadcast is on "The Mitochondria as they relate to Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia."  The mitochondria are distinct entities inside the cells of our body, which make energy.  They in essence are responsible for turning the calories from our diet into usable energy us to function. Research has shown that the mitochondria can be compromised in certain conditions, such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.  New light is being shed on how intracellular infections such as Mycoplasma species, Lyme's disease, and other viruses can affect the mitochondria.  In addition, getting rid of these infections with antibiotics or antivirals often times does not lead to resolution of the symptoms we are discussing. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are discussing a very hot topic in the media, termed non-celiac gluten sensitivity.  We have had a tremendous amount of feedback from patients regarding reports of a recent study which showed that non-celiac gluten sensitivity does not exist, and even more interestingly the study was conducted by the gentleman who pioneered the diagnosis of non-celiac gluten sensitivity, Peter Gibson. In today's podcast we will discuss how the study in question was potentially flawed and how other very important data, published just this year by Peter Gibson, is not consistent with what is being reported in the mainstream news.  So please tune in, enjoy, and forward us your questions! Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today's podcast is on the "Truth About Fish Oil." Many of our patients come to us taking high doses of fish oil, in an effort to decrease their inflammation, lower cholesterol, and promote vascular health. While fish oil can do all of these things, we have found several other factors to be more important in decreasing inflammation and cholesterol, so that an individual does not have to rely on taking fish oil, or frankly some other antioxidant product.  Therefore, we will discuss the nuances of this in our broadcast today. Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for listening!

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Today we are going to address a topic that has created quite a stir in the food community.  It is the new documentary titled "Fed Up," narrated by Katie Couric and directed by the acclaimed Laurie David.     Fed Up is a documentary on our food industry and the epidemic rates of obesity and overweight Americans.  In today's broadcast we want to give our Power Health followers our opinion on the movie, things you can expect critics to say about the assertions in the movie, and our angle on what is really causing the obesity epidemic.     Please enjoy and forward your comments to us here on our website or our Facebook page.  Thank you for watching!

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This week we have another fantastic broadcast!  We will be discussing the topic "hot flashes, going beyond hormone replacement therapy." Many with hot flashes, including doctors, are faced with the challenge of using hormone replacement therapy to alleviate their symptoms.  Hormone replacement therapy typically consists of taking estrogen derived from a horse and a progesterone derivative.  Unfortunately, chronic administration of these hormones has been associated with increased risk of breast cancer, stroke, and dementia. Therefore, we will be discussing how to approach hot flashes without the use of medications.  We will be discussing other hormones of interest  that may be significantly safer to use, as well as the effects of the stress response and blood sugar on hot flashes.Please enjoy, and send us any questions!

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Today's hangout will be on natural IBS remedies.  Dr. Gates will be going over the main causes and symptoms of IBS and natural remedies he has found to work with his patients as well as what the current research is showing.

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This week's episode is on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and Andropause as they relate to the gut. We will discuss the underlying mechanisms of PCOS including androgen dominance, obesity, and insulin resistance. Also, we will discuss Andropause as it relates to males having lower testosterone and elevated estrogen levels, and why taking testosterone is not always the best fit for male patients. Then we will tie in the gastrointestinal tracts relationship to one of the key mechanisms for both of these disorders, obesity.  This is a must listen if you or a loved one suffers with PCOS or Andropause.

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This week we have a fantastic hangout on Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Pre-diabetes, as they relate to the gastrointestinal tract.  If you, a loved one, or a friend have one of these conditions, this hangout is a must to watch (we know, we are biased).  In this broadcast we are going to cover the nuances of these conditions and a plethora of literature which supports the gastrointestinal tract as a key player in these conditions.

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In this episode Dr. Martin Rutherford and Dr. Randall Gates discuss the complexities of the human gut microbiome and it's influence on chronic pain and disease.

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Today we have a great broadcast on rehabilitation for neurological disorders. It was learned in the 1980?s that the brain is able to change. It was thought for most of the 20th century that once our brain had developed, it was not capable of growing new connections. However, the research of Dr. Kandel from Columbia University disproved this notion, and since then we have observed an explosion in research relative to the field of neuroplasticity and neurologic rehabilitation. Book that they recommend is Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers

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In this episode Dr. Rutherford and Dr. Gates discuss different autoimmune issues such as MS, Hashimoto's, Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Celiac and many more.  They will be discussing the disorders themselves as well as treatments they have found to help and why these conditions can be so difficult to treat. Book that they recommend is Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers

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In this weeks episode of Power Health Talk Dr. Martin Rutherford and Dr. Randall Gates discuss migraines, their many potential causes, and natural remedies they have found to work.

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In this episode Dr. Rutherford and Dr. Gates discuss Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS), their take on the main causes and treatment options that they have found to work for those who suffer from this condition.

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In this episode Dr. Martin Rutherford and Dr. Randall Gates discuss gluten intolerance and some of the symptoms people may suffer from if they are gluten intolerant.  They also go over gluten intolerance vs celiac disease and some of the new research that has come out that may help us to understand why gluten has become a much bigger problem lately. Book that they recommend for everyone to read is Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

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In this episode Dr. Gates discusses Vertigo and Balance disorders, the difference between the two, possible causes, and solutions he has found to be very effective utilizing functional neurology as well as functional medicine at his office in Reno, NV. Book that they recommend is Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

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In this episode Dr. Gates discusses weight loss and more specifically natural weight loss.  He discusses why some people cannot lose weight no matter how hard they try and debunks the myth that it is all about calories in and calories out. Book that they recommend is Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Some of the points they cover are: Why natural weight loss over diets What are the most common causes of Weight Gain How food alergies can cause weight gain Dr. Gate's top tips for natural weight loss

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In this episode Dr. Rutherford and Dr. Gates discuss Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or CFS.  They discuss their observations on what the main causes seem to be and treatments they have found to be successful in helping people suffering with CFS. Book that they recommend is Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Some of the points they cover are: Main causes and triggers of Chronic Fatigue Challenges for people with CFS Solutions they have found to help Chronic Fatigue patients

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In this episode Dr. Rutherford and Dr. Gates discuss small fiber neuropathy, its main causes, and potential treatments and remedies. Book that they recommend is Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Some of the points they cover are: What Small Fiber Neuopathy is What are the most common causes of peripheral neuropathy What are the best treatment options for peripheral neuropathy

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In this episode Dr. Rutherford and Dr. Gates discuss Fibromyalgia, the many potential causes and triggers, and natural solutions they have found to help their patients who suffer from fibromyalgia. Book that they recommend is Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Some of the points they cover are: The fact that Fibromyalgia is real and what some of the causes could be What are some triggers that could have "caused" your fibromyalgia Some basic things you can try to help manage your fibromyalgia pain

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In this episode Dr. Rutherford and Dr. Gates discuss thyroid issues delving mostly into Hashimoto's and some of the problems associated with that. Book that they recommend is Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Some of the points they cover are: How the brain may be involved in your thyroid issue What could cause your body to attack your thyroid? Why you may be experiancing thyroid symptoms even though your tests are "normal