She has treated and cured cancer, heart disease, thyroid dysfunction, and autoimmune diseases. She is not allowed to say this, so I did.
Here is the Rumble video.
Partial transcript
I want to introduce Dr. Tamara Santa Ana, who practices in Lexington, Virginia.
She is in her early 60s, has five kids, a successful marriage, and was initially trained as a doctor of chiropractic. However, her practice is now holistic medicine and does not include spinal manipulation. She spent decades studying under the top people in the alternative medical field. These included MDs Thomas Levy and David Perlmutter, the author of the bestseller Grain Brain.
In a moment, I will let her tell you what holistic healthcare is and what she does, but first, I will share my biases. You know about my study of healthcare corruption and how painful it was for me. I recently turned 70, and we old dogs have difficulty learning new tricks.
All my life, I have studied a medical thought process that I now know is wrong. I initially thought the problem was primarily mistakes or financial conflicts. But now I understand that outside interests purposefully warped healthcare to destroy our health. It is a militarized racket.
Imagine how agonizing it is for me to press another major change into my thinking—that another group of physicians practices better medicine than ours.
I have been hanging out with Dr. Tamara for several weeks, soaking up her knowledge and expertise. She has also been helping me with my approach to Parkinson’s disease. When I started thinking about and studying alternative medicine, I thought I could pick up the basics in a few months. Now, I realize that years of study are required for mastery.
I have a secret to share—something you should never tell a blue-eyed blonde woman like Tamara. I put her on my autodialer.
I have been brainwashed to believe that holistic methods are worthless, that chiropractors are dumb as a box of rocks, and that even the language of alternative practice is a marker of fraud. I am transitioning (did I use that word?) away from these beliefs. I am now often forced to admit I am wrong about medical issues, that holistic approaches are mostly right, and that I am sorry. This is not easy, and you may notice my resulting bad attitude. That is my excuse if hostility slips into what I say.
Tamara, take it from here. First, describe your hero’s journey, and then explain the functional or holistic medicine principles you live by. We can spend the rest of the time telling stories about your successful patient treatments.
Commentary
By state law, chiropractors are prohibited from using needles or doing surgery. They cannot even claim that they diagnose their patients, only that they “support their health.” Despite these limitations, Tamara has many effective therapies available to her. These are my words and opinions, but chiropractors are prohibited from saying this.
She describes how holistic doctors approach their patients. They attempt to strengthen and support the whole body and mind rather than to fix individual systems as if people were a car with a flat tire. She says her patients are not numbers, so her consultations are longer than an MD’s. This is because, as a “functional” physician, she tries to address the entire person including their emotional outlook. She even takes an interest in their family and social setting.
In her office, Dr. T uses blood testing, a traditional history and physical, and sometimes a few expensive diagnostic machines. To treat, one of her major tools is healthy nutrition. Her approach is limited only by her knowledge of how alternative therapies apply to medical conditions, and hundreds of over-the-counter herbs and supplements are available to her. She says she was initially skeptical of many of her current practices, but after exhaustive training, she became more confident.
Despite her accomplishments, Dr. T is modest and unassuming. She tells stories about how she improved or cured many patients with serious or even deadly diseases. These are my words, not her’s—she is not allowed to claim that she heals, cures, or treats. She is only permitted to say that she “supports healthy functioning.”
Alternative doctors treat conditions that include the following. Tamara describes most of these in the interview.
Stage 4 cancer
Rheumatoid and osteoarthritis
Heart disease, even after the myocardial infarction
Osteoporosis
Lupus erythematosus
Thyroid disease, including Grave’s
Painful peripheral neuropathy
Dementia due to a nutritional deficiency
Prostate enlargement
Urinary tract infections
Depression and anxiety
Chronic fatigue
Heavy metal toxicity
Lyme disease and parasitic disorders
Digestive disorders
Dr. Tamara emphasizes that inflammation and sometimes emotional issues are at the root of many diseases. Much of the list above has a close relationship to these influences.
I found, followed up, and made Dr. Santa Ana my friend because I am fascinated with functional and holistic healthcare. She has proven to be a credible source who is always happy to tutor me. She constantly reads and has sped through my books already. Watching her rapidly absorb the few things I teach her makes me feel like a slow learner.
Contact Dr. Santa Anna at https://www.drsantaana.com
Snarky counterpoint
By now, I have no doubt that holistic doctors are effective, but even traditional practitioners like me know about placebo effects. These are massive and rarely acknowledged by either group.
The theoretical explanations alternative medicine uses to explain its work are absurdly speculative, and their terminology is pretentious and purposefully obscure. It seems more ridiculous than even conventional medicine’s. But what do I know? I wasted years of my early career memorizing “scientific” medical vocabulary designed to confuse everyone but us in the “priesthood.” We learned those catechisms by heart.
Traditional docs are taught to discount tales of cure-alls or panaceas, but with all I am unlearning these days, I may also have to forget this rule. Chlorine dioxide and ultraviolet blood irradiation (UBI) sound like universal treatments and are harmless. I am studying these and will report soon.
Holistic doctors are fond of using dozens of therapies simultaneously for a single condition. Which is helping? Is there one active ingredient, or are there several? Occam’s razor is a logical and medical principle that says one or a few causes are more likely than many, and it must apply here.
To give the naturopaths the benefit of the doubt, they may be trying to improve many systems simultaneously. With a shotgun approach, even if some supplements are nonsense, a few bullets are bound to find the mark. The advantage is that holistic therapies are almost always harmless, unlike “allopathic” medications and procedures.
Lastly, I hate the trademarking of supplement combinations and the creation of proprietary blends under brand names. The companies use this to jack up prices. Tamara counters that supplement quality is variable and that the companies doing quality work should be rewarded. She has found many weak or impure products on the market, so she carefully monitors her suppliers.
Big Pharma’s use of prescription medication patents is analogous but more powerful. Because supplements cannot be patented, trademarks are one of the only marketing options holistic druggists have.
Postscript: Naturopaths call MDs allopathic. A more accurate description, and the way I think about it now, is “Rockefeller medicine.” The video below explains it.
Alternative doctors can heal cancer.
This essential video is about several potent cures and how the mainstream has hidden and maligned them.
Because organized medicine and their lapdog regulators have aggressively attacked these therapies, they are unavailable in the US. But a quick search will show you the clinics using them in Tijuana, Mexico. These are credible, safe, and effective.
Aurelius again
One man after burying another has been laid out dead, and another buries him; and all this in a short time. Hippocrates after curing many diseases himself fell sick and died… and lice killed Socrates… What means all this? …All human things are smoke, and nothing at all; and it is not for us but for the gods, to settle whether we play the play out, or only a part of it. Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and tend thy journey in content, and just as the olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced it, and the tree on which it grew. Do not act as if thou wert going to live 10,000 years. While you can, while you are able, be good.
Parting shot: alternative health tidbits
Suzanne Somers just died of breast cancer.
From Hormone Secrets:
Suzanne Somers [had] star power. Millions of TV viewers follow and believe in her. Her promotion of human hormones transformed many women’s lives and refuted many of Pharma’s unhealthy but profitable fictions. She is a user and popularizer of the Wiley Protocol.
Sommers advocates estriol, the bio-identical but weak estrogen that might increase the chances of breast cancer. Recall also that progesterone protects against breast cancer and that creams and cycling potentially deliver less total hormone than the oral micronized or troche types taken daily. (Even these may not produce optimal blood levels for progesterone.) It may or may not be coincidental that Somers developed breast cancer a few years ago.
Somers developed relationships with many alternative practitioners and knew hormone expert Neal Rouzier. But she DFL to him and DFR his books or mine. He would likely have saved her life using testosterone therapy. This is from Hormone Secrets:
Can hormones be used to treat cancer? Yes. Testosterone suppresses breast cancer. Oral estradiol is safe and efficacious for treating prostate cancer. Patients using these hormones do not get damaging deficiency syndromes. Whether they work better than industry’s conventional therapies is unknown. Costly studies will never be done because human hormones can rarely be patented—they are unprofitable compared to patent drugs.
Estrogen blockers are conventional therapies for estrogen-sensitive breast tumors. But these cause menopause symptoms and, over time, ruin health. Since testosterone is broken down into estrogen, traditional doctors think using it for these cases is improper, especially if the patients take blockers.
Rebecca Glaser, MD, published her successful experience treating breast cancer using implantable pellets combining testosterone and a blocker drug. She placed these under the skin close to the cancers. Charles Mok, DO, shrank a woman’s breast cancer by 75 percent in six months using testosterone pellets (personal communication. He wrote Testosterone, Strong Enough for a Man, Made for a Woman, 2018). Testosterone shrinks breast cancer in animals as well.
I have heard from Dr. Glaser’s patients that she treats breast cancer patients with about three times the customary menopause testosterone pellet dosage—about three mg per pound. This likely produces blood levels over 600 ng/dl. For reference, postmenopausal women receive a pellet dose of one mg per pound, which produces blood levels of 200 to 300 ng/dl. This makes most women feel great (recall my superwomen). The usual pellet dose for a man is 10 mg per pound. This may produce blood levels of 1500 ng/dl. Weekly injections of inexpensive testosterone cypionate provide similar effects as pellets.
Side effects: Recall that high doses of testosterone for women potentially cause deep voices, enlarged clitorises, and active, possibly overactive sexuality. The women I know who use these doses for athletics do not mind, but they dislike hair growth and acne. These may be treated with laser hair removal and acne medications including spironolactone.
Synthetic progestins such as Provera cause some breast cancer, but bio-identical progesterone is at worst neutral. No published literature recommends against using it for breast cancer patients. One idea favoring it is that young women with high blood levels do not get cancer.
You can find physicians online who treat breast cancer with testosterone. Consult them over the phone if they are distant. Study Glaser’s hormonebalance.org for more—she is a leader.
I saw this work for my friend’s wife, who had stage 4 breast cancer and was down to 95 pounds. She was given high-dose testosterone and progesterone. Within two months, she was texting me from a beach in Mexico. She was up to 114 and had thrown away her walker.
Tony Robbins had mercury toxicity.
He was a vegan for 12 years, then added tuna and swordfish to his diet. Tony does nothing by halves, so he ate these top-of-the-food chain mercury-laden fish three to four meals daily. He developed memory loss and extreme fatigue, and his physician told him he was at risk of cardiac arrest. His mercury levels were 112 when he was diagnosed—the highest his doctor had ever seen. He was chelated and returned to normal.
Vegan factoids
In 1944, Donald Watson watched a pig being slaughtered. This experience convinced him that animal life was sacred and should never be sacrificed for human ends. He decided never to eat animal products again and coined the idea and word “vegan” for his followers. According to prominent plant eater Michael Gregor, these acolytes must eat “nothing with a mother or a face.” Some of them even avoid leather belts—or killing insects.
It was a seductive new philosophy that had never in history been successfully implemented for large groups. People who solely eat plants universally have trouble with their long-term health. But they never seem to have trouble with the wholesale slaughter of animals like mice and insects by modern agriculture.
There is, of course, an entire subcontinent of “vegetarians” in India who traditionally consume eggs, cheese, milk, and sometimes fish. But modern America is where the vegan fad became rooted deeply. Even here, despite cult members shaming backsliders who are caught buying so much as an egg or two, few can continue the strictest variant of their creed for more than a few years. And although there are claims a few professional athletes can sustain vegan diets, they are rare, possibly mythical animals. Unbekoming presented a convincing argument that the vegan cult was developed or encouraged by globalists trying to emasculate the populace.
Mercola discovers the dietary Rosetta Stone.
This is about how seed oils/linoleic acid are damaging. This critical health issue is becoming better recognized over the past decade.
Windows into the keto/carnivore world:
Neurosurgeon Dr. Chaffee claims that plants are trying to kill us, so he eats primarily beef. I plan to model him because diets like this improve Parkinson’s, arthritis, and elevated glycosylated hemoglobin, a pre-diabetic marker. I have all three. I also recommend scanning Greg Dennis’s FitRx podcast for further perspectives about these diets.
Gin Stevens describes intermittent fasting here, and the following link is to Jason Fung’s books about fasting, cancer, and diabetes treatment using a keto diet.
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Great interview. Some great information. Tamara very obviously has a huge amount of experience healing others and showing people how to approach healthcare so they can learn to look after themselves and their families
Will be responding to the incredible email you sent ! Brilliant .
Mark , thatu2019s a great compliment, especially coming from you !!
I love it when you say that she canu2019t say SO you will. Great. Tell me please — how big could this kind of work around get? I think Pres 45 should do an apprentice revival to find his spokesman even though no one can really get to the same place and drive the swamp crazy. Btw — Parkinsonu2019s and a host of other conditions treatable w B1 protocols perhaps! Just gave my uncle Daphne Bryanu2019s book and recommended Elliot Overtonu2019s website. Splendid to hear of your work with this gifted healer and Dr Yoho — I look forward to your new adventures in healing too.
I reviewed thiamine (B1) and PD in a prior post. I’ve been on 500 mg a day but no apparent change. No way to tell though and maybe I need more.
Micronutrient Test SpectraCell
Thanks Dr Tamara! Please mention or ask Dr YoHo to mention if you are working w this B1 approach. I will look at the rest you recommended as Iu2019m sure the micronutrients issues effect many many conditionsu2014 Iu2019m researching for several family now who donu2019t have anything helping them in the mainstream care system. These days I think people are breaking the molds and the grips the establishment has on holding off tx where there is nothing in their toolkit but others do have help. The Right to Try is a big deal. Iu2019m very excited to see Dr Marik has a cancer book out and though I havenu2019t had time to study u2014 I excited about the ivermectin combinations w other easy to use substances that may mitigate prion and cancer. uD83DuDC9C
M , you are certainly wonderful to be researching for family . What is going on ?
I got my uncle Daphne Bryan PhD book Parkinsonu2019s and B1 Therapy which is her personal story of getting to 90% remediationu2014 I was led to look at her by Elliot Overton CFMP DipCNM at EONutrition in EU. I believe the doses are much higher and there are variations in B1 as well as perhaps some cofactors that affect bioavailability. My uncle just called to say he wants to look into this and so Iu2019m going to dig in now and look at these sources and updates in the literatureu2014 I will send you what I find too. But it will be a little while. Also going to look at Dr Tamara comment on Micronutrient test SpectaCell. I donu2019t know if anyone but Elliot is dug into this as he said itu2019s strikingly (my word) under appreciated for PD and other conditions. I think his website can be investigated for consultancy and remotely u2014 working out the time delay. I also first saw him teaching a zoom class carried on YouTube with a lot of gray haired physicians SO he may have a US referall among them. Iu2019m going to have to find someone for my uncle because Iu2019m not holding my breath the eminent docs at his well known academic hospital will take him through his own clinical self study! uD83DuDC9C
many thanks
I’ve got a lot on my list but will try to get on anything I am told about PD
Quick note- D Bryanu2019s book is dedicated to Dr Antonio Constantini. He has passed from C19 but the website has dosing advice for High Dose Thiamine and a wealth of other notes for clinical and personalized protocol application based on thousands of patients treated and referenced studies (see Blog tab). So the Thiamine tx is described as u201Cpathogeneticu201D and there is a good lay level discussion of the limits on modifying the underlying pathology u2014 BUT very positive discussion on rapid symptom improvement and arresting disease evolution. This last point seems very important and Iu2019m telling my uncle that time matters. I think you will like the website for your list.
https://highdosethiamine.org/
About page is interesting too. Also other autoimmune conditions that benefit from this therapy are listed u2014 this is so important in the current post c19 environment where autoimmune injuries are abounding. We need to keep this out of the hands of the dark forces who will make the average Joe get an RX for a hundred bucks. Sen Durbin of Illinois pursued the supplement freedom over 20 years ago with Hilary of NY. u2014 Durbin is still at it and of course itu2019s all framed as protection. Sen Harkin and Orin Hatch stopped the devils but we need champions now.
Super helpful thanksu2764uFE0F
Thank you !
Iu2019m going to look at this as well . You may have it one mark by considering cofactors . Also , ability to utilize the incoming B1. I often use fermented B supps to help avoid conversion issues.
Great comment ! Thank you .
God bless you. Humility is needed by everyone. You are most generous to share what you are learning/have learned.
My dry eye drops Similasan have been removed from Walmart and Kroger’s. It is homeopathic and works better than the twice-as-expensive the name brands. It doesn’t burn or blur your vision. Does Not meet FDA standards.
You mean the test 8 mice and jab the babies FDA uD83EuDD21u2620uFE0FuD83DuDC7D I love all things Similasian! Hope you can find on iHerb.
They say out of stock, only the ear stuff is still available. Even my private pharmacy had just 1 bottle, and couldn’t order more.
Exactly. When I first started practicing I though homeopathic treatment was a little beyond my belief system . 35 years later Iu2019ve witnessed so much I can barely conceive of practicing without it !
Did you respond to me Re the Iver/ fend ? If so , Iu2019ll look deeper to find it! Stay well !
I had a patient question me re Similasan recently. I would be very surprised if it is contaminated and told her to keep using it . Of course , as safe as it is most likely , we shouldnu2019t be surprised if Congress and ruling powers try to ban it as a homeopathic remedy .
It’s been totally pulled from all shelves. Not even the Pharmacy can order it. Only the expensive brands or lubricant eye drops were pulled. The ones that run $15 and up are left. Looks very deliberate. I’ve used them for years and of all the brands they work best. I’ve had both Cataracts (1 botched) and Lasix to correct it, so have very dry eyes. You forget to blink when on the computer for hours, also driving in heavy traffic.
That looks deliberate . This is sad to admit but Iu2019ve had to tell patients to stock up on several. Items in case they get banned . No healing allowed unless big Pharma profits . Sick and sad what is going on .
Same with cough, cold, and flu meds, they are even going after Tylenol and the other OTC pain meds, while denying us the use of low-dose Oxycointin. Gabapentin is what they chose, HORRIBLE DRUG. Those who get Bronchitis are never told about Tessalon Perles, which really works great on controlling the harsh cough. They could make it an OTC med, it’s old enough. 1958. Even Asthma patients benefit.
Very sick and sad, our food is the other half of the equation.
Farmer Exposes Behind the Scenes Food Industry Scandals
This is tragic! Grocery store meat is being gassed red. Behind the scenes to the meat, egg, and agricultural industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riaxtIBKSGk
u2018Dangerous Deceptionu2019: Chemical Recycling Wonu2019t Solve Plastic Pollution
Processes that break plastic waste down into molecular building blocks with high heat or chemicals and convert them into new products are harmful to the environment and wonu2019t help reduce plastic pollution, according to a new report by Beyond Plastics and the International Pollutants Elimination Network.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/chemical-recycling-plastic-pollution-ehn/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20231102
Iu2019m saving this for when I have time to listen. Iu2019m a fan of naturopaths after all the revelations about the medical profession since Covid. In one sentence, I only go to an MD in an emergency.
I had absolutely wonderful gyn and neurologist who have retired (young) because they were single practitioner practices and it was too much after Obamacare. Both were very out of the box thinkers, very interested In naturopathic medicine as well as conventional.
Using my naturopathic doctor; low carb (but not as low as keto); not eating wheat, corn, or soy (I have celiac, and did an elimination diet which showed very big reactions to corn and soy); and doing intermittent fasting/time restricted eating has improved my health tremendously over the past 6 months.
My naturopath did a lot of tests – full blood, stool, DUTCH. She spent hours reading and comparing, which led to holistic conclusions versus a u201Cconclusionu201D per line item. We try things, see how they work, adjust, change… sheu2019s always available to talk with, ask questions, etc. Iu2019ve had more benefit in the past 6 mos than most of my life combined with medicine, barring with my 2 retired physicians.
This all started for me when I read Dr. Catherine Shanahanu2019s book Deep Nutrition, which I highly recommend. Also The Cholesterol Myth. Those books, as well as other naturopathic doctors who have videos and websites like Dr Mercolau2019s, changed my life. I donu2019t always agree with everything online, obviously, but when you dive deep you see patterns and consensus emerge – and since naturopathic medicine isnu2019t going to poison you to try, you can see what works for you and what doesnu2019t.
thanks I put those books on my list… but it’s a long list
Great books ! Sounds like you have a wonderful naturopath.
Yes, she’s great! There’s good info out there but you have to really hunt for it!
There was an indication that Suzanne Somers was considering fenbendazole for her breast cancer based on this case report https://fenbendazole.substack.com but it was obviously too late.
Testosterone saves many stage 4 breast cancers so it may not have been too late if she
FLed to Neal Rouzier.
Really good to know! Wow. Anything on Melanoma Stage 4? Thanks you.
Have you considered the combination of fenbendazole and ivermectin ? Never give up
This is exactly what I have been looking at for my aunt. The second smartest guy stack alluded to it. Iu2019m grateful to you and will look at whatever lit there is. uD83DuDC9CuD83DuDE4F
FROM A READER FRIEND WHO HAS A HUGE SOCIAL MEDIA REACH:
Wow. What a comprehensive newsletter. You are the bomb. I love how you provide a synopsis of the most important topics at the end. I love your humility in admitting where you have been wrong.
I read that you are starting the keto diet. As you know, Iu2019ve been on keto for many years. One thing that has concerned me about it is the elevation in my lipids. I always was 160 total cholesterol. On keto, itu2019s gone up to 230. But the ratio, which was always excellent is even better now. Still, I wonder if my leaky gut makes me absorb and not fully process all the fats, hence why my cholesterol is elevated. And, lately, Iu2019ve been seeing nodules on the backs of my arms and Iu2019ve wondered if my liver is having difficulty.
Dr. Axe recommends keto cycling in which you introduce higher carbs a couple times a week.
From what I understand, constant keto can lower thyroid function, which I now have.
Just now I came across this piece of research that does correlate keto diet with hyperlipidemia and fatty liver disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7008768/#:~:text=The%20ketogenic%20diet%20is%20a,onset%20of%20fatty%20liver%20disease.
How are you feeling? The Parkinsonu2019s?
XXX J
Lots here. The thyroid can be corrected with light therapy including Ultraviolet Blood irradiation, sun exposure, and UVA lights from saunaspace. I will review these soon. Will reply privately to the rest. Great hearing from you and I am your biggest fan.
The whole lipid and cholesterol story is fraud from start to finish. I have planned to outline this but events conspired against me. So don’t think about your cholesterol or ratio or anything about this ever again.
Much more important by far than the numbers are the inflammatory marker results which tell a truer story . Certain lipoprotein results such as particle number and homocysteine are sole predictors of future events ( MI and Stroke). I often wonder why they arenu2019t looked at frequently instead of just plunking onto RX.
I had Graves disease in 2001 and recommended RAI treatment resulting in ablation of my thyroid, and, therefore, essential daily Thyroid supplement. Wish I had my thyroid back which is gone forever. I distrust that I actually needed the treatment, but in those days just listened to Drs. Wholeheartedly. Now, at 65 yo, wonder if my energy level is not what it should be despite my TSH consistently around .02, which I know is almost 0 but seems optimal for me?
Read the thyroid section in Hormone Secrets and study http://stopthethyroidmadness.com
My opinion is that free T3 is the metric you should watch, but this is not specific medical advice.
Body temp is the best way to assess intracellular T3?. Read Hormone Secrets and go to Wilson Thyroid Syndrome website on net .
And , itu2019s not always the thyroid . Sometimes upstream needs to be looked at (pituitary and hypothalamus..).
Another factor that possibly played into the thyroid reading in 2001 was I had contracted silicone br implants. I wondered if they threw off a normal reading being possible?
Does one even need to get cholesterol tested? What if you have thickening of carotid artery at age 60 but a zero calcium coronary artery score?
For myself, I’ve concluded these tests are nonsense. But you need to make your own assessment
Testing of certain factors can yield information re a future event ( heart attack or stroke) . These include particle numbers , homocysteine and inflammatory markers … I consider it my job to be preventative in my patient care . Many of my patients are tested using SpectraCell Labs Lipoprotein profile . I was taught this by Mark Houston , MD , who was (is ?) head of the Vanderbilt Hypertension Institute .
Other than this , itu2019s my belief that the typical cholesterol testing , esp. without inflammatory markers is near worthless .
When metabolism moves from burning carbs to burning fat it should be expected that LDL should go up as it carries your energy. Has your HDL level gone up to? — This is for reflection and doesn’t beg an answer.
J, thank you for that link ! T
I am not particularly good at comprehending medical jargon or anything of a technical nature. Thank you for putting your information forth in a manner that is easy for someone like me to digest…It is so interesting and I hope to put it to good use.
I’m having a hard time with the jargon too.
My daughter is a chiropractor and aspires to be just like Dr Tamara! We need an overhaul of our medical system with ppl that treat like Dr T u2764uFE0F
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Contrary opinion to Mercola in:
https://joshmitteldorf.scienceblog.com/2023/09/30/dr-mercola-doesnt-like-seed-oils/
“Though there are many things that Mercola gets right, he has never understood aging as internally signaled self-destruction, so he is more fearful of accumulated damage than I think is appropriate. Oxidized lipids fits well with his damage model of aging. I understand the theory, but I think the real-world evidence of epidemiology is more compelling, and epidemiology tells us that nuts and even olive oil are pro-longevity.”
Iu2019ve been thinking about the nut issue for a few days. Seems like most studies show them as beneficial. I agree with the seed oils being toxic in general though so Iu2019m not sure what to think. Sadly, most nuts today are irradiated, which could make a difference. ?
Hi Brandy! I also don’t keep any seed oils around.
I do eat a serving of walnuts every day, which are good for many things such as a u03C9-6 to u03C9-3 PUFA 4.4 : 1 ratio. They are incredibly cheap at Costco, < $3 a pound.
Yes, I think walnuts are a good choice. I also eat salmon because we live near a river that produces a large, heathy salmon run each year. I guess Iu2019ll have to keep paying attention to the research to see what unfolds.
And the important point is that many seed oils are pro-inflammatory .
Yes, I agree. I think thereu2019s pretty good evidence that seed oils should be avoided. Itu2019s the other sources of PUFAS that Iu2019m not sure about.
Good point !!
I sent this to a friend who has worked in the supplement/detox biz for years and blogs for alternative practitioners. She wrote:
You know once these MDs become enlightened, itu2019s really heartwarming to see how humble they become.
u2026.and I have so much respect for them! Imagine studying and training for 10-12 years, in a specific way of u201Chelpingu201D people, becoming more educated (and in debt) than most other segments of societyu2026then, through a series of events, your eyes are opened, you realize youu2019ve really been working for big Pharma that whole time and not helping most peopleu2026 your entire world is turned upside down -and you suddenly feel compelled to respect people you were taught to view as quacks, charlatans, or frauds. That then leads to another 5-10 years buried in an entirely different course of study (and more debt.) Their dedication is commendable to say the least.
Says a lot !!
I was curious about her and did general searches. It looks like she’s maybe been trolled on Google maps? Short nasty low quality reviews and one glowing detailed review.
Yes exactly
There are situations in which one should counter the urge to learn about more and more things. Instead, one can reflect and question what is already “known,” so as to UNLEARN various notions, then relearn and guide oneself in a somewhat different direction.
Check your premises – – Ayn Rand
Thoroughly enjoyed this segment
Thank you Dr. Yoho and Dr. Santa Ana for this great podcast! Wow!! So encouraging and informative!
An anecdotal real life story. Last year at 58 years young I got afib. I didnu2019t take the vaccine so it wasnu2019t Vax induced. I now know I went into afib because it was the perfect storm of being at high altitude, having too much thyroid medicine circulating in my body (armour thyroid) and too little iodine, magnesium and potassium (something most Drs are not going to look for). Anyhow, after a trip to the ER while in afib, the next week I went to my cardiologist and in addition to discussing afib with him, I was also having some pain the day I went to see him which was moving around from my throat to my shoulder area. He thought I also might be presenting with CAD. So, I got a cardiac ultra sound which shocked him because it was perfect. I had no swelling in legs either. When I got through with the ultrasound he said u201C I am not sure whatu2019s going on but I think we should do a heart catherization to check for blockage and/or letu2019s do a nuclear stress test.u201D I told him that Iu2019d had a coronary calcium test two years ago that was a zero or a perfect score=no blockage (most of the time, I believe 96% of the time). My husband asked him u201Cwhat procedure would you do if it was your wife?u201D (which Iu2019m not sure a Dr will answer that truthfully IMHO) and he replied the heart cath. We asked what risks were. He said minimal but yes, one could die from it but highly unlikely. He still thought I should do one or the other so under pressure with both my husband and my cardiologist who is also a friend staring at me waiting for my answer (no pressure at all, NOT) I said Iu2019d do the nuclear stress test and we scheduled it for the next morning.
I left his office and googled nuclear stress test and found out Nuclear stress tests involve significant radiation exposure equivalent to approximately 400 chest x-rays!! There are also risks involved besides potentially developing cancer due to unnecessary radiation exposure. https://www.oliverwyman.com/our-expertise/perspectives/health/2019/apr/-is-this-necessary—-some-docs-order-too-many-expensive–danger.html
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/it/fda-nuclear-stress-test-agents-carry-fatal-risks
I also discovered thereu2019s an organization out there that is trying to build awareness around the dangers of these tests in an effort to help Drs use safer tests to get the same information.
So, I promptly cancelled that test. I really felt that my Dr was barking up the wrong tree as I believe Iu2019m pretty healthy, have low cholesterol, eat well most of the time, and donu2019t take any prescription medicine except armour for my thyroid.
Looking back, I believe this weird pain was due to elevated HS CRP and/or thickening of one of my carotid arteries. Iu2019m still not sure though. But, I have learned to manage my afib using supplements (I researched about 100 hours to figure out root causes and alternatives to drugs). It wasnu2019t a fast or easy process but Iu2019m doing great and in the last nine months, I hardly experience that weird pain or any afib episodes.I stopped taking metoporal after a few months which is the drug they give to almost everyone who has afib after realizing there were nutrients like magnesium that I was lacking that made me go into afib. I also was drinking a lot of alcohol (2 glasses of wine a night). So, I changed my lifestyle and worked with my GP who is more naturopathic in his treatment approach. Instead of looking at my heart/body at a 30,000 foot level, we looked at my magnesium, thyroid, iodine etc! The last time I went to see my GP, he listened to my heart and said it was the best heart he would hear all day!! Albeit, I have those creases on my ears!! My cardiologist told me that afib begets afib and when I walked out of his office, I said to myself u201Cnormal heart rhythm begets normal heart rhythmu201D and that was going to be my story and truth. And, now it is. I share this because I want everyone to know, we all have the ability to have these type of anecdotal, medical success stories!!
I repeat, I encourage everyone on here to do their own research. This substack is AMAZING and a great place to start! Our collective medical awakening should not just be about these death/disabling clot shots and the fraud that was perpetrated on us and continues to be in the name of science. Our awakening should be about all public health. Every Dr, medicine youu2019re given and every procedure recommended to you, many of which are just for DRS to CYA should be questioned, scrutinized and researched. Who cares if insurance pays for it if itu2019s harmful???
Read studies about every side effect of any drug you take or medical procedure and try to discover if changing your lifestyle (exercising more, abstinence from alcohol, making better food choices) is the cure. Is it work? Yes. Is it easier than taking a pill? No. But, until we start taking charge of our own health instead of giving it over to Drs, nothing will change.
Be blessed and be healthy. Just say u201Cno.u201D
Wow ! Thank you for sharing this incredible event(s). You did an excellent job . Iu2019m really impressed with the attention you paid to studying the situation and applying your knowledge.
Other than the hs-CRP , it seems no one was really interested in your inflammatory status . That is a huge clue that you were not as endangered as they thought ! Best to you !
Thank you! Itu2019s Drs like you that inspire me to learn more about health! (My health)!
Best way ! You have a great start ! I always tell my patients that they are going to learn and be my copractitioner as they regain their health !
Do you mind if I reply again ? You brought up an excellent point that many are just not aware of … the amount of radiation in some of these tests . Itu2019s astounding to me that it seems so many of these tests are ordered non -chalantly . A Dexxa scan has something like the equivalent of 50 lumbar spine X-rays ( Google this ). The low back is thicker than other areas and thus requires a higher amount of radiation . And to think of all the hundreds of times I tried not to over x-Ray even by one xray .
And what about shooting our breasts full of radiation !!!? So , thank you for bringing out this important point .