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May 7, 2018 - This study group was 88 percent less likely to develop dementia! What did they do that others don’t? braintap_imagebraintap_icon


This study group was 88 percent less likely to develop dementia!
What did they do that others don’t?


As our population ages, scientists are scrambling to understand neurological diseases such as dementia as well as ways to prevent or even cure them. In the latest study on the subject, published in Neurology, researchers focused on one specific action people can take to lower their risk of cognitive and neurological decline.

In this study, which covered 1500 women in Sweden, researchers combed through 44 years of information on physical activity levels and cognitive tests. Scientists found that women with higher fitness levels were 88 percent less likely to develop dementia compared to women with average fitness. Women who were not fit had a 41 percent higher risk of developing dementia than women with average fitness.

While it’s been common knowledge for some time now that lack of physical fitness can lead to problems with the heart and brain, even the scientists were surprised by the strong correlation between physical fitness and mental health. “I was very surprised that high fitness was so protective and that so few developed dementia in the high fitness group.” says Helena Horder, a physiotherapist from the Center for Aging and Health at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. 

Another study conducted at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany examined the effects of regular exercise on brain metabolism and memory of participants ages 65 to 85. They found that physical activity influenced brain metabolism in part by preventing an increase in choline, which is often found as a result of loss of nerve cells such as that found in Alzheimer’s. Regular physical exercise led to stable choline concentrations in the study group, but choline increased in the control group that was not physically active. They concluded that regular physical exercise not only enhances physical fitness but also has a positive impact on our brains and protects our cells. 

For brain health, it’s recommended that we get a bare minimum of 30 minutes of exercise two to three times a week. If you’re not currently physically active, you might start with shorter sessions of ten to 15 minutes at a time, adding up to 30 minutes total in a day. Once you’re more active, increase the duration and intensity of your activity.

Building muscle is also important for both physical and brain health. Once you’re feeling more fit, add strength training to your cardiovascular routine. 

As scrutiny into dementia and other brain disorders grows, scientists will continue to focus on pinpointing when during our lives the fitness benefits start affecting our risk for dementia, but it’s always a good idea to get started getting healthy right away. According to Horder, “What the results do show is that even though genes can work against you for developing dementia, through behavior you can prevent a lot of diseases.”

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August 10, 2015 Puzzle Piece - Homecoming Speaker: Westin Childs DO on Insulin, Obesity, PCOS and True Health Care new banner

 Homecoming Speaker: Westin Childs DO on Insulin, Obesity, PCOS and True Health Care

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Dr Childs will clarify these concepts and many others at our annual Homecoming called Integrative Functional Medicine January 29-31, 2016.

When treating any medical condition it is absolutely essential to understand the basic physiology or reasons why it occurs. That means you have to be asking the right questions in order to get the right answers.

When it comes to obesity conventional medicine hasn’t been asking any questions in over 40 years. If you are overweight and go to your doctor you will get the same advice: eat less and exercise more, the so-called ‘calories in, calories out’ model. The problem is this: patients have been following their advice and as a result they are more sick than they have ever been:

  • Excess weight now accounts for one in three deaths among middle aged people in the US every year
  • A billion people around the world suffer from diabetes and obesity
  • 50 million people in the US (1 in 6 Americans) suffer from autoimmune diseases like Hashimotos’ thyroiditis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis

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If we are all getting sicker and fatter despite following the advice of our doctors is it crazy to ask, do we really understand why people gain weight and become obese?

Obviously we don’t have the a solid understanding of the issue and in truth it is very complex, but it can be made easy to understand when we start asking the right questions.

What else can be causing us to become obese sicker and fatter? BESIDES eating too much and exercising too little?

We really don’t have to look far. If our fat cells are getting bigger and bigger why don’t we look at what causes them to grow or regulate them? Science and doctors already know the answer to this, if you look at any medical textbook you will find the major regulator of fat cells.

Insulin.

Insulin is a type of growth hormone and it makes your fat cells grow! If you ask any doctor what happens when they start someone on Insulin for diabetes (maybe you know from personal experience), they will all tell you that their patients immediately gain 10-20 pounds.

Insulin actually has many jobs as a hormone, but the primary job as it relates to fat cells is to make them grow. And it is a super fat storage hormone. Insulin causes all of the calories you eat to be laid down as fat in your body, specifically belly fat. (1)

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The idea that hormones and insulin cause you to gain weight have been well established in the medical literature but for some reason it seems to stop there. Very few doctors have been applying the principle of reducing insulin to treat obesity or any of the other chronic conditions associated with insulin resistance.

It’s hard to move away from the old dogma, but let me help you understand with an analogy.

Our current understanding of weight gain looks something like this…Weight Loss as a scaleimage003

…where your weight fluctuates based off of the difference between what you consume in calories and what you spend in energy. In this model it doesn’t matter what the amount of calories you consume is, as long as you are burning more than that.

Instead of thinking of your body as a scale it’s more accurate to think of it as a thermostat. As a thermostat your weight is ‘set’ at a certain weight by your hormones (predominantly insulin, cortisol and some sex hormones).

In the thermostat analogy it’s really difficult to budge the temperature (your weight) unless you treat the underlying cause of the problem – insulin resistance. This is why it’s so difficult to lose weight by dieting or exercising. Unless you alter your insulin resistance, your body will naturally take you back to it’s preferred ‘set point’ and weight.

To really help this concept sink in let’s use an example…

Imaging a scenario where you are eating two different meals that are equal in calories but differ in how they will affect your hormones.

Let’s use an example of Krispy Kreme donuts. Each one has 190 calories. Therefore if you eat 8 Krispy Kreme donuts you will have eaten 1520 calories.

If you are a woman it is recommended you consume between 2000-2400 calories per day to maintain a healthy weight (2). The CDC states that if you burn in excess of 3500 calories you will drop a pound of weight (3). Using the calorie in-calorie out model, and assuming you are a woman, if you consume 8 Krispy Kreme donuts per day you will only be eating 1520 calories of your ~2000 calorie daily limit. In this scenario you should lose 1 pound per week.

Do you really think that this diet over the course of the week will result in you losing 1 pound?

Let me explain what will really happen…

The donuts you eat will cause an immediate spike in your blood sugar because the sugar in the donuts is so rapidly absorbed in your gut. This will cause an increase in your insulin levels from your pancreas to bring down the glucose (high levels of sugar or glucose in your blood are harmful, and your body knows this).

The spike in insulin level then starts a cascade of hormonal responses that turns on bad biochemistry in your body.

Insulin causes you to store those calories as belly fat; it increases overall inflammation (4) in your body, raises your triglycerides, lowers your good cholesterol (HDL) and increases your blood pressure.

It doesn’t end there…

In men, elevated levels of insulin lower testosterone (5). In women it causes excess estrogen. It may make sense now why so many men suffer from ‘Low T’ and why so many women suffer from ‘Estrogen dominance’ conditions such as PCOS, breast cancer, and decreased libido!

This increase in insulin also causes changes to your brain chemistry as well.

It increases your appetite and blocks leptin, which is your appetite control hormone. If you have sustained levels of insulin you will become leptin resistance. When this occurs you have now lost your ‘I’m full’ response. Your brain is now incapable of telling your body when you’re full. This may help you understand why people who are overweight constantly feel hungry!

In your liver this spike in insulin causes fat to deposit there (the so-called fatty liver) which results in even more inflammation. Chronic inflammation then results in more weight gain, leptin and insulin resistance, increased appetite and ultimately diabetes and obesity.

The real model of obesity is best described with the figure below:

It’s time for some change. The long recommended diet that is high in wheat and grain products inevitably leads to elevated blood sugar and poor sensitivity to insulin (6)(7)(8). As a consequence this change in insulin sensitivity has been shown to be a major cause of abdominal fat accumulation (9)(10). The most alarming part is this is a vicious self-perpetuating cycle.  The more abdominal fat you gain the worse your insulin sensitivity becomes – leading to more belly fat, more hormonal chaos and increased risk of heart disease and diabetes (11)(12).

When we start asking the right questions about how we get fat, while pushing aside the calorie in-calorie out model, we really can appreciate new insights for the treatment of obesity.

It’s important to point here that while insulin plays the major role in weight gain in most people, it’s not the only hormone that can cause problems.

The second major cause of excess belly fat is due to constant, low-grade chronic stress on your body. A small level of stress can be good for your body, but in large and constant amounts it can wreak havoc.

When you are stressed for ANY reason (emotionally, physically, spiritually, etc.) your body secretes a stress-coping hormone called cortisol. Unfortunately, increased cortisol levels are also directly linked to belly fat (13). It doesn’t take a lot of stress to chronically increase your cortisol levels either, this study showed that ‘normal’ stressors of life, such as subconscious worry/anxiety, busy schedules and lack of sleep are enough to cause increased cortisol (14) and thus increased belly fat.

In addition to cortisol, the sex hormones (estrogen, testosterone) as well as thyroid hormone seem to be particularly sensitive to the chaos that insulin resistance causes. These hormones are often in flux in chronic inflammatory states and they should be evaluated as well if you are obese.

Most of the time though, as you treat insulin and chronic inflammation your other hormones tend to come into balance without further medication.

Let’s do a quick recap of what we learned before we move on:

  • The calorie in calorie out model is outdated and doesn’t stand up to current medical literature or science.
  • Obesity and belly fat are caused by too much insulin in the body which is caused by eating sugars and refined carbohydrates (breads, pastas, bagels, cereals, etc.).
  • Insulin resistance leads to other hormonal imbalances such as low testosterone in men and excess estrogen in women leading to ‘estrogen dominance’ and conditions such as PCOS, breast cancer and decreased libido.
  • Increased insulin levels set the stage for chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease (heart attacks, heart failure, etc.), and rapid aging via chronic inflammation.
  • Increased insulin levels and the biochemical changes that occur cause you to become overweight and sedentary. You are not ‘fat and lazy’ first.
  • Most Doctors, personal trainers, major news outlets and hospital centers do not treat obesity correctly or understand how increased insulin levels or insulin resistance fit into why people become obese.
  • Other hormones are involved in weight gain and overall health including: thyroid hormone, growth hormone, cortisol (the stress hormone), sex hormones such as testosterone and estrogen in addition to insulin.
  • You are about to learn how to REVERSE all of these changes through simple lifestyle changes…

The next posts will help you understand how to lose weight by lowering your insulin levels.

If you have any questions or comments please see www.restartmed.com or e-mail me at [email protected].

Citations:

1 Usui, Chiyoko et al. “Visceral fat is a strong predictor of insulin resistance regardless of cardiorespiratory fitness in non-diabetic people.” Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology56.2 (2010): 109-116.

2 Daily Recommended Caloric Intake for Women | Healthy …” 2012. 17 Jul. 2015 <http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/daily-recommended-caloric-intake-women-6675.html>

3 “Finding a Balance | Healthy Weight | DNPAO | CDC.” 2009. 17 Jul. 2015 <http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/calories/>

4 Shoelson, Steven E, Jongsoon Lee, and Allison B Goldfine. “Inflammation and insulin resistance.”Journal of Clinical Investigation 116.7 (2006): 1793.

5 Pitteloud, Nelly et al. “Relationship between testosterone levels, insulin sensitivity, and mitochondrial function in men.” Diabetes Care 28.7 (2005): 1636-1642.

6 Merat, S, and S Merat. “Full Text – Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.” 1999. <http://atvb.ahajournals.org/content/19/5/1223.full>

7 Garg, Abhimanyu, Scott M Grundy, and Roger H Unger. “Comparison of effects of high and low carbohydrate diets on plasma lipoproteins and insulin sensitivity in patients with mild NIDDM.”Diabetes 41.10 (1992): 1278-1285.

8 BORKMAN, MARK et al. “Comparison of the Effects on Insulin Sensitivity of High Carbohydrate and High Fat Diets in Normal Subjects*.” The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 72.2 (1991): 432-437.

9 Carey, David G et al. “Abdominal fat and insulin resistance in normal and overweight women: direct measurements reveal a strong relationship in subjects at both low and high risk of NIDDM.”Diabetes 45.5 (1996): 633-638.

10 Despres, JP. “Abdominal obesity as important component of insulin-resistance syndrome.”Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 9.5 (1992): 452-459.

11 Volek, Jeff S et al. “Body composition and hormonal responses to a carbohydrate-restricted diet.” Metabolism 51.7 (2002): 864-870.

12 McAuley, KA et al. “Comparison of high-fat and high-protein diets with a high-carbohydrate diet in insulin-resistant obese women.” Diabetologia 48.1 (2005): 8-16.

13 Mårin, Per et al. “Cortisol secretion in relation to body fat distribution in obese premenopausal women.” Metabolism 41.8 (1992): 882-886.

14 Epel, Elissa S et al. “Stress and body shape: stress-induced cortisol secretion is consistently greater among women with central fat.” Psychosomatic medicine 62.5 (2000): 623-632.

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Westin Childs, DO

John W Brimhall, BA, BS, DC, FIAMA, DIBAK, Formulator and Patent holder.
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May 8, 2023 - Cinnamon’s antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties can help fight cognitive decline, review finds pp_banner

May 8, 2023 Puzzle Piece

Cinnamon’s antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties can help fight cognitive decline, review finds

Cinnamon and its bioactive compounds support brain function, a new systematic review has found. According to the researchers, this benefit likely includes slowing the cognitive impairment associated with neurodegenerative diseases.

One of the potent “bioactive compounds” present in cinnamon is choline, a nutrient that has been shown to support brain health in a number of scientific studies.

The new cinnamon research, a systematic review of 40 earlier published studies, was published in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience in January 2023.

The research was conducted at the Medical Toxicology and Drug Abuse Research Center at Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.


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In addition to choline content, the researchers attribute the potent brain-boosting benefits of cinnamon to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity.
The Iranian researchers also noted the evidence points to cinnamon providing “neural maintenance and insulin signaling improvement.”

“This systematic review revealed that cinnamon and its components (eugenol, cinnamic acid, cinnamaldehyde, etc.) could affect memory and learning by decreasing amyloid plaque in the hippocampus and phosphorylation of tau-protein,” the researchers wrote in the study summary.

Cinnamon background

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of trees from the genus Cinnamomum. Cinnamon is used as an aromatic condiment and flavoring additive in a wide variety of cuisines. The aroma and flavour of cinnamon derive from its essential oil and principal component, cinnamaldehyde, as well as numerous other constituents including eugenol.


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These same constituents have been used in herbal-traditional medicine systems for thousands of years.

China, India and Persia (Iran) all record historic medicinal uses for cinnamon—including respiratory, digestive and menstruation issues.
As a nutritional supplement today, it is also used to support an healthy glycemic response and blood pressure.

Though cautioning that “more work needs to be done,” WebMD notes that cinnamon is also being studied for its ability to boost metabolism and encourage weight loss; for skin cleansing benefits; and for cancer fighting and anti-bacterial properties.

In addition, cinnamon contains a small amount of choline, an essential nutrient for the brain that produces the acetylcholine neurotransmitters, which in turn play a critical role in regulating memory, mood, muscle control and other functions.

Study details
To conduct the research, the team compiled 1,605 cinnamon studies collected from the Web of ScienceGoogle scholarPubMed and Scopus databases. All the studies were conducted between 2011 and 2021.

The team then narrowed the analysis down to 40 studies that were deemed most reliable. This included five in vitro studies and 33 in vivo studies in rats, mice and the common fruit fly, and two clinical trials in adolescents and pre-diabetic older adults.

As with all research that includes a review of numerous studies, results varied among the studies. However, researchers concluded that the preponderance of evidence in the wide majority of the studies pointed to great potential for cinnamon in supporting cognitive function.

“Cinnamon is proven to have antioxidant properties and reduce inflammation through different pathways, such as the NF-kB pathway and reducing reactive oxygen species,” the researchers wrote in the study findings.

Among the in vitro and in vivo studies, 16 used the cinnamon extract/cinnamon powder, while others administered a variety of cinnamon bioactives. The researchers concluded that the main outcome of most studies proved that cinnamon significantly improves cognitive function i.e. memory and learning.
The researchers deemed their review to be preliminary, but promising. While acknowledging the limitations of using a cross section of varied studies, the researchers called for larger studies and more clinical trials to evaluate the effects in humans.

As research mounts, one day cinnamon may reclaim the lofty status it held in ancient times. Perhaps then it will be in position to help lower the skyrocketing rates of neurodegenerative diseases that plague the world today.

Optimal Health Systems products that include cinnamon in the formula are: 
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Cinnamon is also part of the Cultured Media Blend that is included in other products: 

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Sources: Nutritional NeuroscienceNational Center for Complementary and Integrative HealthWebMDWikipedia (Cinnamomum).


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Yours in Health and Wellness,
 
OHS and John W Brimhall, DC, BA, BS, FIAMA, DIBAK
April 3, 2023 - Senate resolution recognizes vital health role of nutritional supplements, other natural products pp_banner

April 3, 2023 Puzzle Piece

Senate resolution recognizes vital health role of nutritional supplements, other natural products

 When tourists from the U.S. visit Asian countries they are often shocked by the amount of medical freedom enjoyed in these “backward”countries.

Not only can consumers there choose between “traditional medicine hospitals” and “modern hospitals,” but they can also easily buy any assortment of medicinal roots, leaves, fungi, bark—or blends of all—from ubiquitous vendors across the country.

For the past 100 years American’s have been told this kind of “buyer beware” system is dangerous. Freedom of choice must be heavily regulated by health authorities for public safety.

However, medicine-related deaths in the U.S.—where only legal FDA-approved pharmaceuticals are used—is much higher per capita compared to Asian countries. Statistically, a consumer is less likely to die from a “traditional medicine” concoction sold by a street vendor than they are from a patented drug sold by a licensed pharmacist.


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Perhaps this phenomenon has been recognized by some members of the U.S. Congress, and that’s why occasionally they make some small effort to recognize the tremendous health benefits that can be gleaned from non-pharmaceutical natural ingredients.

Last week, Senator Mike Lee from Utah and Senator Kyrsten Sinema from Arizona introduced a resolution seeking to recognize October 22-28 as “Natural Product Industry Week.” In the resolution’s text, the senators acknowledged the importance of nutritional supplements specifically, and noted the contributions made by natural products in general.

The senators noted the vast majority of Americans consume nutritional supplements and believe in the health benefits they confer. They also acknowledged that natural products saved the U.S. economy billions of dollars in healthcare costs through disease prevention and reduction of missed work days.

The resolution also acknowledged the passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (“DESHA”).

Under DESHA, congress deemed it more appropriate for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to regulate nutritional supplements as a special category of food rather than as a drug. The legislation was passed by congress against the intense lobbying efforts of pharmaceutical corporations, and has been the standard guidance for supplement manufacturing for the past 30 years.

Trade associations concur

After the introduction of the resolution several natural products trade associations commended the senators.

“Vitamins, minerals, supplements, and other natural products have become a mainstream part of self-care, and consumers are turning to these products more than ever to address nutritional gaps and promote their health and wellness,” said Scott Melville, Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) president and CEO.


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“As more Americans incorporate natural products into their overall self-care plans, CHPA thanks Senators Lee and Sinema for recognizing the ever-increasing role this industry is playing in people’s lives and looks forward to continuing to work with Congress toward comprehensive reforms that ensure continued success and innovation on behalf of U.S consumers,” added Melville.

United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) president Loren Israelsen also commented: “It is entirely fitting that Congress recognize the anniversary of enactment of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (“DSHEA”), which has done so much in the past 28 years to help consumers have access to the safe dietary supplements they want.

“UNPA was proud to have played a role in passing DSHEA and thankful that two supplement advocates, Senators Lee and Sinema, are working to commemorate that achievement for consumers.”

Meanwhile, The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) thanked the senators for actually paying attention to the research showing nutritional supplements could save America billions of dollars in health care costs:

“We would like to thank Senators Mike Lee and Kyrsten Sinema for highlighting CRN’s Health Care Cost Savings Study data and for supporting our manufacturer and ingredient supplier members in their missions to promote and support healthy lifestyles for consumers,” said Steve Mister, president and CEO of CRN.

Survey shows vast majority of Americans trust supplements

Data from the latest CRN Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements, released in October 2022, showed that 75% of U.S. adults reported consuming dietary supplements to maintain a healthy lifestyle, and a similar survey conducted in July by Consumer Reports put the figure at more than 80%.

Data from CRN’s 2022 Health Care Cost Savings Report indicates that dietary supplement regimens can reduce risks associated with several chronic diseases, as well as contribute to potentially billions of dollars in healthcare cost savings.

Specifically, there is evidence that the use of dietary supplement ingredients by targeted populations can significantly reduce direct and indirect medical costs related to health conditions such as coronary artery disease, osteoporosis, and cognitive decline.

Hope for the future?

Now that the U.S. Senate has again acknowledged the benefits of natural products, is there any chance they can work to tear down the regulatory roadblocks that make if more difficult for manufacturers to get these same products—and new ones—into the hands of consumers?
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Sources: Congress.gov, The Council for Responsible Nutrition.


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Yours in Health and Wellness,
 
OHS and John W Brimhall, DC, BA, BS, FIAMA, DIBAK
November 23, 2015 Puzzle Piece - Why and How to use Functional Medicine Evaluation and Treatment in Your Practice  
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November 23, 2015 Puzzle Piece

Why and How to use Functional Medicine Evaluation and Treatment in Your Practice

This is a subject that is so simple and yet so broad it could take one minute or one year to cover all of the positive reasons to use Functional Medicine (FM) in your practice.  The first and most important reason is to help patients to a greater level.   Without FM evaluation, how are you going to know what the problem is?  How are you going to know when you have facilitated healing or just temporarily reduced symptoms?  If you need nutrition, then what kind, how often, for how long and what is the maintenance dose.  How does the patient get educated if you don’t have the picture to show them?

I was carried into a chiropractor’s office for my first adjustment in 1966 and walked out an hour later.  I have seen so many miracles in my 44 years of practice that impossible is not in my vocabulary.  I have found, even though I learn more each year, it is still harder to get long lasting results like I used to.  People are more toxic, more stressed, more overweight, more blood sugar problems and more deficiencies than ever before.

I am a diplomat in the ICAK and am good at muscle testing and muscle response testing.  Yet in this day of evidence based health care, we benefit from using standard accepted science based tests and science based nutritional recommendations.  We have seen many patients that we would have been guessing instead of knowing if we had not run appropriate blood and many times hair tests to see the picture.  I use AK with every patient and I compliment my evaluation with functional lab testing.

Let me share a case history that paints the picture from of a friend of mine Dr Osborne:  “Ginger was only 9 years old when her mother brought her to my office.  She had been diagnosed with a debilitating disease called juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and her doctors didn’t know if she would make it. In fact, her situation was so dire that the Make-A-Wish Foundation stepped in and granted Ginger her wish to go to Alaska to see whales off the coast with her family.

Imagine going through years of hospital trips, doctors’ visits, and horrible pain all before you reach the age of 10. This was Ginger’s daily reality—until I saw her.  After an extensive exam and laboratory testing, I identified Ginger as having non-celiac gluten sensitivity. We changed her diet—not just cutting out wheat, but overhauling even the hidden sources of gluten in other so called "gluten free" grains. 
 
Today, Ginger is grain free and very much alive. She no longer has a plastic stent in her arm. She is growing normally. She doesn’t need to take any medications. She plays on her school volleyball team and has a new lease on life. As long as she avoids all grains, Ginger is symptom free.

But if she does eat food that contains gluten, her joints swell. Despite her youth, Ginger is able to stick with her diet because the correlation between what she eats and the swelling and pain is undeniable. There is no question that Ginger is alive today because she is grain free. Does this sound like a fad diet?"


Of course he used specific nutritional supplements to complement dietary change.  He is making a point here in this article that testing is ‘to know’ and not testing is ‘not to know’.  The other part of the issue is you must follow through with the needed treatment to get the desired results, once you know the problems.  If you tell someone you think they are deficient in vitamin D, C, E, or are gluten sensitive, that gets you very little.  If you show them in print what the problem is, you have a 75% better chance they will do what it takes to get results.

The process I love the most is the Brimhall Advantage SBN program through Dr. Van Merkle.  At the end of this article is a webinar with more of the advanced SBN  insights.  Dr Merkle is one of our Homecoming 2016 Speakers and will give you the basics and then into some of the newer more advanced technologies of testing.

Even if you have never done blood, hair or urine challenge testing, Dr Merkle’s program teaches you and the patient at the same time.  The report is complete and science based from the literature.  You do not need to know how to build a car, just drive it in the beginning.  Please look at the Webinar included at the bottom of this article for some advanced insight.  Join us at Homecoming 2016 where Dr Merkle, Dr Childs, Dr Brett B and myself will be covering the basics and advanced topics.

See you at the upcoming webinars and at Homecoming 2016 FOR THE REST OF THE STORY!

Yours In Health, Wealth and Happiness,

John W Brimhall, BA, BS, DC, FIAMA, DIBAK, Formulator and Patent holder.