Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

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Align Your Body & Life via The Align Method Apr 15, 2020

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Aaron Alexander and I have a fascinating discussion about what happens to your mind and overall sense of being when your body is physically aligned. We touch on a few of the 5 movement principles from his book The Align Method that help develop a stronger body and sharper mind. Aaron does a great job of providing simple things that you can do, and actually framed in a quite attractive manner that can improve, as I'll share in the episode, hip mobility, shoulder mobility, and just keep your body more fluid, and also how that ties in with having a more fluid, flexible, present, and happy psyche. https://drruscio.com/?p=56582

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Coronavirus & COVID-19 – Testing, Treatment and Natural Medicine's Role Apr 13, 2020

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Dr. David Brady joins us to discuss some exciting developments in the way of testing for SARS CoV-2. Right now most testing for Coronavirus is occurring by way of major hospitals, Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory is changing that by offering serum testing to smaller institutions like general practitioners and alternative healthcare providers. In addition, at home stool testing kits will be made available for consumers. The more we know about who has the virus, who has had it, and who has developed immunity to it, the more quickly we can get people back to work and learn more about how this virus behaves in various individuals. We also discuss some natural agents, like vitamin C, melatonin, and quercetin, that may help to reduce the severity and duration of symptoms in some patients. https://drruscio.com/?p=56951 My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Looking for more? Check out https://drruscio.com/resources

Listener Questions – Bloating, Prokinetics, Low Sulfur Diet, Probiotics Apr 08, 2020

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The listener questions episodes have been really enjoyable and I hope you will continue to submit your questions. Chances are if you have the question, so do many more people in the audience. Keep them coming!

In this episode, I discuss answers to your questions about:

Sugar and the microbiota
Why prokinetics are recommended only after antimicrobial treatment
How long to try the Low Sulfur Diet before moving on to other therapies
Feeling bloated from drinking water on an empty stomach
Losing hope in functional medicine
Pulsing probiotics
The role of satiety and hunger with dysbiosis

https://drruscio.com/?p=56272

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/

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Environmental Toxins Have Become the Primary Drivers of Chronic Disease Apr 01, 2020

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In this episode, we speak with Dr. Joe Pizzorno, who is, in short, a founding father of the movement of natural medicine. We'll be discussing environmental toxins.

There are a few, very interesting hypotheses Dr. Pizzorno puts forth. Environmental toxins have not really abated the way that there has been an improvement in sugar and calorie consumption, and this could be what's ultimately driving increases in a litany of diseases. In this one example, obesity and diabetes, which, according to his comments, are still going up, and what might be happening is these toxins are actually deranging the function of insulin receptors. So, a pretty interesting couple hypotheses, and some data to support it, that he puts forth.

He also gives a few simple ways of screening for toxins and opens the door into a simple method for detox therapy and also references two books that he's written to give more advice here on the topic, one for a lay audience, and one for clinicians. So, really, a very interesting conversation today with Dr. Pizzorno. https://drruscio.com/?p=56270

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/

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How is the Elemental Diet Helpful? Mar 30, 2020

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Gene Testing Does More Harm Than Good, What You Need To Know Mar 25, 2020

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Dr. Tommy Woods brings some practical and pragmatic analysis to something otherwise confusing. The utility of gene testing (or lack there of). He helps to pick apart and debunk the case for gene testing in an evidenced-based way. We talk about risk, size, effect size, MTHFR, weight, and cardiovascular genetic testing.

The overall message is that gene testing does more harm than good. It causes worry and fear. And this has a negative impact because when you're told you have a bad gene or a bad polymorphism of a gene, this has a negative psychological ramification while offering no clinical or treatment benefit.

I've come across many patients who have wasted a lot of time, energy, and money, chasing down genetic testing to try and feel better and in my experience, basing treatment on genetics just never ends up being successful. This discussion is not about pointing fingers at practitioners or patients, everyone is doing their best with what they have, but more to educate people that there is not strong enough evidence to support the utility of these tests. https://drruscio.com/?p=56101

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/

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Red Light Therapy (Can Heal Thyroid & More) Part II Mar 23, 2020

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I like to think of red light therapy, these devices that you can buy and use in your home, as a way of replacing the long-term exposure we should be having to natural sunlight (but don't because of our predominantly indoor, sedentary lifestyle).

Even when we were hunter-gatherers outside in the shade, we were getting this long-term exposure to natural light. And that actually has a hormetic effect on our mitochondria, making them better able to produce antioxidants. This might be one of the key mechanisms as to why there has been documented such a litany of benefits to using a red light therapy device.

We'll discuss best uses for red light therapy like anti-aging, exercise, inflammation, etc. and give you some protocol guidelines. Some of the research behind thyroid is absolutely staggering. https://drruscio.com/?p=56268

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/

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Probiotics Protect Against Cold, Flu, and Respiratory Tract Infection Mar 19, 2020

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This podcast episode reviews the research data that suggest that probiotics reduce the intensity and duration of upper respiratory infections. Because of this benefit, probiotics may support immune function during an illness. https://drruscio.com/?p=56754

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Anti-fragility – How Lack Of Exposure to Risk Can Cripple a Child Mar 18, 2020

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In today's episode, we are joined by Lenore Skenazy, author of Free-range Kids and started a foundation called Let Grow. We discussed this very important concept of anti-fragility which essentially means if we don't expose children to risk it can actually cripple their development. She discusses the pros and cons of sheltering children and brings to our attention some resources that are thankfully now available for parents, teachers, and school districts, to start moving back to an older way of approaching children's responsibility and safety. It seems that the media has instilled fear in parents and there has been a loss of balance as a result. These days it is common for parents not to let kids out of their sight for fear of kidnapping or abduction, however Lenore helps us understand that the statistics show that this is extremely rare. Kids need to take risks, get dirty, and try things on their own. https://drruscio.com/?p=56098

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/

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Listener Questions – Probiotics, Anxiety, Libido, Protein Powders, SIBO, Reflux Mar 16, 2020

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Today we will cover listener questions, including …