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Optimizing Your Digestive Function, Part 1
May 25, 2023
It’s not so much that “you are what you eat”, but rather, you are what you digest. As you age, or with medical conditions, your ability to break down food and assimilate nutrients declines. Neil Levin, Senior Nutrition Education Manager and Product Formulator for NOW(r) Foods and Protocol for Life Balance, addresses important questions about digestive enzymes—what they do, why quality matters, and what might be right for you. Click HERE for part 2.
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Optimizing Your Digestive Function, Part 2
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Neil Levin, Senior Nutrition Education Manager and Product Formulator for NOW(r) Foods and Protocol for Life Balance, about digestive enzymes and other dietary ingredients for digestive support. Click HERE for part 1.
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Q&A with Leyla, Part 1: Weight Loss Drugs
May 24, 2023
The advent of weight loss drugs; What are your thoughts about neuro modulators in treating anxiety, depression and chronic pain?; Is Moducare helpful in the treatment of multiple sclerosis? Click HERE for part 2.
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Q&A with Leyla, Part 2: Fatty Liver
Are there natural ways to restore thyroid health and avoid medications for hypothyroidism?; What are the benefits and risks of taking Di-methyl-glycine?; After taking fish oil, I got dizzy and had a hot flash, why did this happen?; I'm told I have fatty liver, what do you recommend for detoxification or treatment? Click HERE for part 1.
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ENCORE: Childhood Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders, Part 1
May 23, 2023
Dr. Kenneth Bock joins Intelligent Medicine to discuss his latest book, "Brain Inflamed: Uncovering the hidden causes of anxiety, depression and other mood disorders in adolescents and teens." There’s an unprecedented pandemic of childhood psychiatric and behavioral disorders: attention-deficit/hyperactivity, autism, depression, anxiety and panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disease, and Tourette’s. For decades, Dr. Bock has been delving into root causes of these conditions, for which medications are merely a bandaid. He discusses the roles of allergies, the microbiome, nutrient deficiencies, infections like Lyme and strep, and toxins. Chronic brain inflammation may be at the root of many behavioral changes. Dr. Bock has developed innovative protocols for quenching inflammation using a combination of natural and pharmaceutical interventions. He acknowledges that the teen years are turbulent and kids are subject to many stresses these days, but natural interventions can smooth the transition to adulthood. Dr. Bock is especially fond of what he terms the “Holy Trinity”: vitamin D, fish oil, and probiotics. But he often has recourse to methylated B vitamins, glutathione precursors, curcumin, and CBD. Much detective work is required to unravel complex cases, but remarkable recoveries can be achieved. Click HERE for part 2.
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ENCORE: Childhood Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders, Part 2
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Kenneth Bock about his book, "Brain Inflamed: Uncovering the Hidden Causes of Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mood Disorders in Adolescents and Teens." Click HERE for part 1.
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Leyla Weighs In: AMD
May 19, 2023
Nutrition for age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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ENCORE: The Twists and Turns of Humans’ Evolutionary Path, Part 1
May 18, 2023
Alex Bezzerides Ph.D. is a professor of biology and author of "Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work (Or Don't)." He contends our bodies are imperfect, the result of evolutionary compromises between conflicting imperatives. For example, big brains enabled humans to develop technology and language; but our big heads have doomed women to painful and perilous deliveries. Developing an upright posture enabled us to free our remarkable hands; but standing also cursed us with back, knee, and ankle problems. Bezzerides applies this paradigm to other health problems we’re prey to: crooked teeth, failing eyesight, choking deaths, and hernias. Are humans still evolving when we have medical technology to prevent nature from “culling the herd”? Are obesity and blood sugar problems holdovers of traits that once furthered our survival? Dr. Bezzerides is the biology professor I wish I’d had! Click HERE for part 2.
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ENCORE: The Twists and Turns of Humans’ Evolutionary Path, Part 2
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Alex Bezzerides Ph.D., a professor of biology and author of "Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work (Or Don't)." Click HERE for part 1.
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Q&A with Leyla, Part 1: Targeted Supplements v. Multivitamins
May 17, 2023
Highlights from Dr. Hoffman's European vacation; Do you think individual targeted supplements are more beneficial than a multivitamin?; Are my high blood sugars in the morning really that bad when my A1c is 5.6?; Why did I get a yeast infection when I'm following a low carb diet? Click HERE for part 2.
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