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Avocados are like Magical foods...

When eating fruit, shoot for small berries and make sure they are organic!!

Get creative and enjoy the process of optimizing your gut health...

One of the easiest "bio hacks" for improved health is to INCREASE FIBER INTAKE!!!

How many of you know who was behind the "FAT-FREE CRAZE"?

This year has been the weirdest, craziest, most anxiety-producing year in my entire life. And I’m sure it has been the same for many of you.

That’s why I am looking for 5 women to start my LeakyGut Solution Program in December. That’s right – you heard me - DECEMBER!

I know the holidays can make changing your diet and lifestyle difficult. But I want you to see that this can be implemented as a permanent, wellness-enhancing way of life. And I want you to start in December.

And I want you to witness first-hand the benefits. I want to help you get started on achieving your weight loss goals - BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

I want to help you gain more energy than you'll ever need for shopping, wrapping, working out, and making your home festive.

I want to help you improve your moods and decrease any anxiety that might pop up around the holidays.

I want to help you to shed a few pounds before most people even start their new year resolutions.

Let’s KISS 2020 GOODBYE and start 2021 on the right foot getting Healthy To The Core!

There is no better time than right now to get this started.

Especially given the fact that I am offering 29% of the cost of the program...Yep, 29%!

I'm offering this to the 1st 5 people that sign up before Dec 10th (with the program beginning on Monday the 14th). That way you'll have a couple of weeks under your belt just in time for the holidays...And don't worry, you'll still be able to enjoy most of the good stuff you love.

(I'm a big believer of the 90/10 rule - If you do it right 90% of the time, you'll reap nearly 100% of the benefits --95/5 is even better. But hey, we're all human after all).

Watch the webinar for more information--
https://www.Leakygut-solution.com/register

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Together, let's put 2020 in the review mirror and kickstart 2021 Healthy To The Core!

Nrf2 The Unsung Hero of Every One of Your Cells

Last week John, a long-term patient in my clinic, came into the office and proudly told me that he doesn’t have to take afternoon naps anymore. He happily stated that his energy level was “through the roof” and he felt like he was given a new lease on life. His brain fog, low moods, and unrefreshing sleep had all but vanished. And he told me he plans on taking what I gave him for the rest of his life.

Zach, another patient, and a good hunting buddy of mine, recently told me “Doc, I thought I was gonna have to quit doing construction soon because my hands hurt so darn much. But whatever’s in these pills you gave me, man, the pain just disappeared.” He went on to tell me that he now jumps out of bed in the morning like a 20-year-old.

Mary, not a patient of mine but a friend, is the person who introduced me to what Washington State University called “the most extraordinary therapeutic and most extraordinary preventative breakthrough in the history of medicine.” Mary has suffered from Fibromyalgia for years, and she has tried multiple different types of medicines with no relief from her debilitating pain. After just a few short weeks on this “extraordinary” supplement, she tells me she “got her life back.”

If these stories resonate with you, you’re not alone. According to the CDC, arthritis affects more than 50 million people in the United States alone. One in four adults with arthritis-about 15 million-experience joint pain and nearly half-7.5 million-experience persistent pain.

Fibromyalgia is a devastatingly painful disease with no “officially” known cause and no cure in sight from “western medicine” doctors. Most fibromyalgia patients are given narcotics and anti-depressants, which only dull the pain and sometimes lead to even worse side effects than the disease symptoms they are trying to mask.

Fatigue is a term used to describe a feeling of low energy and tiredness. It is not the same as being sleepy. Fatigue affects millions of Americans every day, and the causes are innumerable. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), as a disease is even worse and, according to The Institute of Medicine, affects up to 2.5 million Americans. CFS is often severely debilitating and costly, stripping the US economy of 17 to 24 billion dollars annually.

What do these disease processes mentioned above have in common? They are all caused by increased oxidative stress and the dysregulation of homeostasis at the cellular level. Our bodies are designed to run like finely-tuned machines, and when they get out of sync, they have built-in mechanisms to correct the course and run as smoothly as a Maserati purring down the highway.

Nuclear-erythroid factor 2 (Nrf2) is a protein found in every cell in the human body and is dedicated to cellular protection. Nrf2 is responsible for maintaining the delicate balance between healthy and vibrant cells, cellular aging, and cellular repair. Unfortunately, as we age, the available amount of Nrf2 and its effectiveness both diminish. This can lead to increased oxidative stress leading to cognitive dysfunctions, heart disease, and even cancer.

Oxidative stress is an imbalance between free radicals and antioxidants in your body. Free radicals are oxygen-containing molecules with an uneven number of electrons. The uneven number of electrons allows them to readily react with other molecules in the cell and cause damage. Increased oxidative stress breaks down lipids, proteins, DNA, RNA, cellular organelles, and even cell membranes.

Free radicals are produced continuously throughout your body by exposure to sunlight, smoking, air pollution, and infections, etc. Even the act of metabolism itself produces free radicals. These free radicals damage your cells and lead to accelerated aging and chronic disease.

Nrf2 is your body’s natural mechanism for neutralizing free radicals. Acting like the orchestra conductor, Nrf2 balances the ratio of free radicals to antioxidants. Through the increased production of antioxidants such as glutathione, superoxide dismutase, and catalase, the damage caused by free radicals is significantly reduced.

Where did Nrf2 come from, who discovered it, and why all the hype, you may ask. Dr. Joe McCord, a former professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Genetics at the University of Colorado at Denver, is the person who brought Nrf2 to the masses. Dr. McCord discovered superoxide dismutase (SOD) in 1969 and for this was awarded the Elliot Cresson Medal by the Franklin Institute in 1997. This prestigious award is given to pioneers in science and includes such notable names as Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell, Mari Curie, Henry Ford, and Orville Wright, just to name a few. The award is considered to be "Among science's highest honors. The Franklin Institute Awards identify individuals whose great innovation has benefited humanity, advanced science, launched new fields of inquiry and deepened our understanding of the universe."

Dr. McCord’s discovery of SOD was so profound that it ushered in an entirely new field of medicine, termed free radical biology, aimed solely at decreasing the damage caused by free radicals and increasing longevity. Extensive research in this new field led to the discovery of Nrf2. With only 2 scientific papers published in 1992, Nrf2 was relatively unknown to the science community. But due to its immense health benefits on longevity, Nrf2 soon became the poster child of free radical biology, and in 2018, almost 2000 peer-reviewed scientific papers were published touting Nrf2’s positive health benefits.

Again, you may ask “Why all the hype?” Well, simply put, raising Nrf2 levels has been found to prevent and/or treat a large number of chronic inflammatory diseases in animal models and/or humans including various cardiovascular diseases, kidney diseases, lung diseases, toxic liver damage, cancer (prevention), diabetes/metabolic syndrome/obesity, sepsis, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, HIV/AIDS and epilepsy.

Nrf2 activation has been shown to lower inflammation by lowering NF-kB, a molecule known to increase inflammation. Nrf2 also decreases the inflammatory response produced by TGF-B, another molecule associated with an auto-immune disease, inflammation, cataracts, and cancer. Nrf2 also stimulates the genetic expression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine il-10, thus reducing generalized inflammation. Via similar mechanisms, Nrf2 is also known to decrease fibrosis throughout the body.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in all Americans, but it can be drastically reduced by the increased activation of Nrf2. Nrf2 has been shown to increase the activation of heme-oxygenase which is responsible for healthy endothelium (the inside lining of your blood vessels). Endothelial dysfunction is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular disease resulting in debilitating heart attacks, strokes, and even death. A healthy endothelium is imperative to avoiding cardiovascular illness and living a long and productive life.

The incidence of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease is on the rise in America, and frankly, this terrifies many people. The thought of losing their minds and being a burden to one’s family is not a pretty sight. Thankfully, activating Nrf2 has been shown to help cap and eliminate misfolded proteins, thought to be the hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. Studies have also demonstrated that Nrf2 activation helps protects brain cells called oligodendrocytes and slow down the progression of multiple sclerosis.

Autoimmune disease is on an alarmingly sharp increase in the United States. Rheumatoid arthritis affects about one percent of the Caucasian population with women being affected two to three times more often than men. RA patients show a marked increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS- aka- free radical) formation, lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation, DNA damage, and a decrease in the activity of the antioxidant defense mechanisms. All these detrimental molecules contribute to tissue damage and disease progression. Nrf2 deficiency has been shown to accelerate the incidence of arthritis and aggravates joint disease.

Chronic respiratory disease is yet another debilitating disease afflicting millions of Americans. Cigarette smoke is a leading risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD patients have dysfunctional alveolar macrophages that lead to uncontrolled ROS production, pro-inflammatory mediators, defective phagocytosis, and an array of metalloproteinases that participate in tissue damage.

In humans, the transcriptional signature of NRF2 is decreased in alveolar macrophages-white blood cells in the lung tissue- from patients with smoking-related lung emphysema as compared with smoking and nonsmoking patients without emphysema. Activation of NRF2 with the isothiocyanate sulforaphane (SFN) restores bacteria recognition and phagocytosis, enhances pulmonary bacterial clearance by alveolar macrophages, and reduces inflammation in wild-type mice, but not in Nrf2−/− mice exposed to cigarette smoke.

Even the emperor of all maladies is positively affected by Nrf2 activation. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US. A Louisiana State University study showed that Nrf2 activation decreased the incidence of skin cancer in mice. Other studies have demonstrated Nrf2 deficiencies in the colon leads to an increased risk of colon cancer. In fact, Nrf2 is so essential in the GI tract that 25 of the 28 genes associated with colon cancer are reversed with Nrf2 activation.

The list of the potential health benefits of Nrf2 activation is ineffable. And again, as Washington State University stated the discovery of Nrf2 may very well be “the most extraordinary therapeutic and most extraordinary preventative breakthrough in the history of medicine.”

Detox

With all the pollutants we are exposed to today, it is essential that we have ways to detoxify the amazing vessels we call our bodies. From heavy metals to volatile organic compounds, to the pesticides and fertilizers in the foods we eat and the water we drink, our bodies take a beating. Our biological processes and cellular functions are disrupted and distressed by the multitude of chemicals that we are exposed to on a daily basis.

The toxic effects can be subtle and cumulative or dramatic and acute. Either way, the toxins must be removed from the body, and this is mostly done by the liver. When the liver becomes overwhelmed and sluggish, the pollutants can build up and have lasting adverse effects on one’s health. This toxic overload is an often-overlooked cause of migraines, obesity, musculoskeletal pains, brain fog, stress, infertility, allergies, and even anxiety and depression.

The human body is designed to run cleanly by removing exogenous poisons before they build up to toxic levels. The rate of elimination must meet or exceed input or toxins accumulate. When the toxic burden overwhelms the body’s ability to cleanse itself, we must rely on outside aids to helps rid ourselves of the harmful poisons. Luckily, there is a multitude of ways to detoxify your body including chelation, infra-red sauna therapy, coffee enemas, or taking supplements such as Schisandra berry, Nrf2 activators, or milk thistle. Choosing the right form of detoxification will depend on what exactly is ailing you.

According to the Jan 2018 article in The Journal of Cellular Biochemistry by Rehman, K et al., “Drinking water contaminated with heavy metals namely; arsenic, cadmium, nickel, mercury, chromium, zinc, and lead is becoming a major health concern for public and health care professionals... and the resulting health issues may include cardiovascular disorders, neuronal damage, renal injuries, and risk of cancer and diabetes.” Given the fact that heavy metal toxicity is on the rise, this article will focus solely on IV chelation.

Most reader readers have never even heard the word chelation, let alone know how it works. In his book The Scientific Basis of EDTA Chelation Therapy, Bruce Halstead, M.D. writes “The word chelate is derived from the Greek word chele which refers to the claw of a crab or a lobster, implying the firm, pincer-like binding action of certain chemical substances to a metal ion. Chelation is specifically defined as the incorporation of a metal ion into a heterocyclic ring structure.” Quite scientific and difficult to understand for most, but the explanation is more straightforward than it sounds.

The previously mentioned metal ions are positively or negatively charged and bond with the opposite charges in your body. Once this happens, it is nearly impossible to free them for elimination, and they wreak havoc in your cells. The above-mentioned heavy metals cause cellular or metabolic dysfunctions by disrupting essential enzymatic pathways and mitochondrial dysfunction. The body has a limited capacity (mostly using glutathione and metallothionein as chelators) to remove heavy metals and relies heavily on outside sources including foods and supplements such as garlic, broccoli, N-acetyl cysteine, and alpha lipoic acid to assist in the elimination of the heavy metals. Both oral and IV chelating agents are effective at removing heavy metals.

To remove toxic heavy metals, doctors have been using chelators, which, as Margaret Sears from Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute writes, “Chelators have the effect of mobilizing metals from tissues and maintaining the chelate moiety during circulation to the kidneys for excretion in the urine.” EDTA, first synthesized in Germany in the late 1930s, is currently the most common IV chelating agent used in the US and has been used for over 70 years. In the US, as Dr. Halstead wrote, “One of the earliest clinical uses of EDTA was in the treatment of lead poisoning in 1952.

Today, IV chelation with EDTA should only be undertaken when a toxic heavy metal burden is found after undergoing an “EDTA challenge." This is done by administering EDTA and then doing a timed urine collection and having the sample analyzed at a reputable lab. Should there be excess amounts of any heavy metals, your doctor will recommend a specific number of treatments and then will recheck your metal levels. Kidney function must be checked before, and during IV chelation treatments as kidney function may be altered or decreased by the chelating agents.

Tell USDA to Strengthen Organic Enforcement and
Allow More Time for Public Comment
These comments are due by October 5 at 11:59 pm EDT. Separate comments to the National Organic Standards Board are due October 1 at 11:59 EDT.

After hearing for years about inadequate enforcement of the rules governing organic production, USDA has issued a massive draft rule on strengthening organic enforcement (SOE). The draft rule presented to the public constitutes an impressive and far-reaching rewrite of the regulations implementing the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA). However, unlike the process by which the initial regulations were established in 2002, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) was only consulted on a portion of the elements in this draft rule. Public engagement was, thus, also limited.

USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) is accepting comments on its draft rule via Regulations.gov. Please use this opportunity to remind USDA of the proper public process while commenting on the proposed rule itself. Please join us in asking for an extension of the p***c comment to facilitate fuller public scrutiny.

>> Tell USDA that strengthening organic enforcement starts with the National Organic Standards Board.

USDA must involve the NOSB and public as required by law.

Section 2119 of OFPA states the Secretary shall establish the NOSB to advise the Secretary on “… the implementation of this title.” Furthermore, the law states, “The board shall provide recommendations to the Secretary regarding the implementation of this title.” [emphasis added]

The promulgation of the original rule was preceded by a thorough discussion by the NOSB, intended by Congress to be a diverse panel of expert stakeholders, with abundant opportunity for public input from the most knowledgeable and experienced community and industry participants. This process was clearly fulfilling the intent of Congress.

Although the current draft SOE rule includes many meritorious elements, a number of them have not been discussed publicly. Given the narrow time window for public comments, concurrent with stakeholders and public interest groups working on formal comments pursuant to the upcoming NOSB meeting, and taking into account the impact this pandemic has had on the productivity of many organizations, a wide discussion within the organic community has not been possible—although a number of separate stakeholder constituencies have been discussing this rule in isolation without benefit of widely sharing their knowledge and perspectives.

Thus, an extension of the comment deadline is necessary to allow an opportunity for the organic community to collaborate on this proposal prior to proceeding to final rulemaking. Such an industry-wide discussion must be orchestrated by the NOSB and we recommend scheduling a third meeting during 2021 for that purpose.

Improvements in Organic Enforcement are Needed

As a starting point, Beyond Pesticides and its investigative arm OrganicEye, in general, support the detailed comments submitted by the National Organic Coalition (NOC). Furthermore, we also support the comments related to strengthening oversight on imports submitted by the Organic Farmers Agency for Relationship Marketing (OFARM).

In addition, we would emphasize the following points:

There is no reason for a 10-day delay in communicating electronic certificates. They are electronic! They should be transmitted simultaneously with shipment. Twenty-four hours is more than adequate.
This rule is massive and, despite many meritorious elements, adds, in the aggregate, tremendous additional regulatory burdens. As such, it deserves additional time to be thoroughly and thoughtfully evaluated, including through public discussions, before public comment closes.
Regarding a recommendation on accreditation of organic certifiers by the NOSB in October 2018, it is time to look at risk-based oversight of certified operations, rather than putting honest farmers through the ringer every year with inspections and audits while massive fraud is being simultaneously perpetrated by malefactors. Although OFPA requires annual inspections, farmers and small processors who have demonstrated a high level of compliance and low risk should be given the option of yearly virtual inspections, using artificial intelligence and a national database to compare acreage, production, and sales, along with more comprehensive, periodically staggered, full site inspection/audits. This will free up resources in the certification and inspection sector for a much more aggressive approach to unannounced inspections, testing, and full, comprehensive audits. It should be noted that the IRS does not audit every taxpayer every year. Holding the hammer of unexpected and comprehensive audits ensures a high level of compliance.
A new, more efficient, and focused approach to inspections and audits of certified organic operations must be coupled with more aggressive penalties, enforcement action, and monitoring. It has become standard practice for NOP to negotiate settlements with alleged perpetrators, leaving some in business without substantive penalties. For the current or proposed regulatory oversight to be effective, prosecution of willful violators to the full extent of the law is needed as an effective deterrent.
USDA should mandate strict criteria for residue testing and unannounced inspections, including assisting in the selection of audit targets based, in part, on complaints and other reports from the public. The draft rule allows for far too much discretion by certifiers. Given that certified entities hire their certifier, clear criteria are especially important. Establishing enforcement requirements for certifiers is also critical if USDA reduces the emphasis on annual inspections/audits and shifts to more random and risk-based auditing.
How to Submit Comments

Navigate to the Regulations.gov comment page.
Enter your comment and identifying information. You may copy, paste, and edit the points below. See our video tutorial for steps in doing this.
Press the “Submit” button.
Here are points you may want to include:

This rule is massive and, despite many meritorious elements, adds, in the aggregate, tremendous additional regulatory burdens. As such, it deserves additional time to be thoroughly and thoughtfully evaluated, including through public discussions, before public comment closes. This should be facilitated by the National Organic Standards Board.
I support the detailed comments submitted by the National Organic Coalition (NOC) and the comments related to strengthening oversight on imports submitted by the Organic Farmers Agency for Relationship Marketing (OFARM).
There is no reason for a 10-day delay in communicating the electronic certificates. They are electronic! They should be transmitted simultaneously with shipment. Twenty-four hours would be more than adequate.
Consider risk-based oversight of certified operations rather than putting honest farmers through the ringer every year with inspections and audits while massive fraud is simultaneously perpetrated by malefactors. Farmers and small processors who have demonstrated a high level of compliance and low risk should be given the option of yearly virtual inspections, using artificial intelligence and a national database to compare acreage, production, and sales, along with more comprehensive, periodically staggered, full site inspection/audits. This will free up resources in the certification and inspection sector for a much more aggressive approach to unannounced inspections, testing, and full, comprehensive audits. Note that although the IRS does not audit every taxpayer every year, the hammer of unexpected and comprehensive audits ensures a high level of compliance.
A new, more efficient, and focused approach to inspections and audits must be coupled with more aggressive penalties, enforcement action, and monitoring. It has become standard practice for NOP to negotiate settlements with alleged perpetrators, leaving some in business without substantive penalties. Willful violators need to be prosecuted to the full extent of law, as a deterrent, for any current or proposed regulatory oversight to be effective.
USDA should mandate strict criteria for residue testing and unannounced inspections, including assisting in the selection of audit targets based, in part, on complaints and other reports from the public. The draft rule allows for far too much discretion by certifiers. Given that certified entities hire their certifier, clear criteria are especially important. Establishing enforcement requirements for certifiers is also critical if USDA reduces the emphasis on annual inspections/audits and shifts to more random and risk-based auditing.
>> Tell USDA that strengthening organic enforcement starts with the National Organic Standards Board.

In separate comments, please don’t forget to submit comments on NOSB proposals by October 1 at 11:59 pm EDT. While you are visiting Regulations.gov, please remember to tell the National Organic Standards Board to support core organic values. See our analysis and suggested comments.

Thank you for keeping organic strong!
— The Beyond Pesticides and OrganicEye Team

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Fasting

Fasting has been discussed, debated, and practiced for millennia. Various peoples, cultures, and religions have recognized the benefits of fasting long before those benefits could be scientifically explained. An article published by the GreenMedinfo Research Group reported: “Fasting has been one of the anchoring rituals in a variety of spiritual denominations…all the major world religions...espouse religious doctrines that prescribe fasting on designated calendar days.” Humans have experienced times of food scarcity requiring an adaptation to, and the development of alternative biological pathways to maintain high levels of functioning when calories and nutrients were scarce.

Today’s society and its constructs force-feed (pun intended) the notion that, to stay healthy, we must eat three meals a day and never be hungry. Advertising for unhealthy foods bombards us daily beginning in early childhood. According to the American Psychology Association, “Food ads on television makeup 50 percent of all the ad time on children’s shows. These ads are almost completely dominated by unhealthy food products.” This ingrains habits of overeating beginning in early childhood and has led to the current epidemic of chronic diseases that are killing us slowly. Fasting and caloric restriction have recently come to the forefront of regenerative medicine in the USA, and they are thought to be some of the safest, cheapest and most natural ways to increase longevity.

Research on fasting dates back to the late 1800s, with the first recorded medical literature on fasting and its benefits published in 1910. As stated by Goldhamer et al. in the Textbook of Natural Medicine “While fasting, the body primarily uses fat stores from adipose tissue for energy while recycling nonessential tissue for maintenance.” Turning to fat as the main source of energy safeguards the more essential structures such as nerves, muscles, and organs. This self-protective mechanism has many other health-promoting benefits by the “Marshalling of our metabolic potential as cellular systems manage internal resources more efficiently. The body thus can restore structure and function in a way analogous to rebooting a computer that has stopped working,” Goldhamer wrote.

More than 112,000 scholarly articles on fasting can be found on PubMed, and most of the articles on fasting demonstrate benefit in almost every organ system. Specific changes during fasting include decreases in blood pressure, pulse, and body weight. EKG changes similar to animals that hibernate are also observed. In June 2001, Goldhamer et al. wrote a paper reporting on 174 patients with hypertension who fasted and noted that “All patients were able to achieve BP sufficient to eliminate the need for medication and more than 90% became normotensive.”

Research on fasting shows promising effects on autoimmune disease, stem cell growth, longevity, chronic disease, and cancer. A 1991 study by Kjeldsen-Kragh et al., showed improvement in all clinical parameters, and significant improvements in labs correlated with RA disease severity (erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP). It is hypothesized that the improvements seen with the rheumatologic disease after fasting may be from decreased intestinal permeability, thus allowing a reduced number of antigenic molecules to cross into the circulation. The 2012 paper by Yimaz et al. “Reported that calorie restriction promotes self-renewal of intestinal stem cells (ISCs) in mice.” The research showed the fasting mice had a 2-fold increase in the regenerative capacity of intestinal stem cells. Human trial on the effects of fasting on stem cells are in progress.

Dr. Valter Longo, an award-winning researcher and professor and director of the Longevity Institute at The University of Southern California, is one of the premier authorities on the health benefits of fasting. A 2009 case series report authored by him and his colleagues noted a marked decrease in the adverse effects associated with chemotherapy (nausea, vomiting, fatigue, etc.) with no reduction in the efficacy of the treatments. Additionally, fasting made the cancer cells more susceptible to chemotherapy.

Dr. Longo is a proponent of fasting in its many forms. He recommends a fasting mimicking diet and periodic fasting, such as one day a week or 48 hours a month. If interested, his book, “The Longevity Diet” has more information. Many people employ an intermittent fasting program where they fast 16 hours a day and only eat during an eight-hour window. If you are interested in prolonged fasting, then you must consult your physician or participate in an in-patient fasting program where your health is continually monitored for your safety.