THE FIRST ANNUAL MIDWAY FOUNDATION CANCER CONFERENCE in conjunction with the Annie Appleseed Project
In a conference oriented toward cancer patients, their families, and healthcare providers, we are delighted to have our first conference at the Kentucky Horse Park on Saturday, May 8, 2010 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Speakers:
Dr. Linda Isaacs works with the nationally recognized Dr. Nick Gonzalez in New York City. The two are having the best-documented success with pancreatic cancer in the country, and see wonderful responses with many other cancers. Read about Dr. Issacs, a UK alumnus, on her website www.lindaisaacsmd.com
Dr. Jim Roach attracts patients from throughout Kentucky and most of the Southeast. He has lectured nationally on cancer, and will present the ‘ETMS Approach to Cancer’ that he uses at the Midway Center for Integrative Medicine. His website is www.themidwaycenter.com.
Dr. Connie Jennings, a highly regarded acupuncturist and internist at the University of Kentucky, will present on the valuable role of acupuncture in cancer.
Julia Chiappetta - a dynamic young woman whose breast cancer diagnosis led her to write a book Breast Cancer – the Notebook to help others in decision-making. She will speak about her choices and moderate a patient panel where local survivors will discuss their choices.
Ann Fonfa, founder of www.annieappleseedproject.org is a patient advocate who created a huge website filled with information. As a health coach, Ann offers support, information and hope. She will talk about how to begin optimal nutrition and why one should do that. Ann has tips and techniques she likes to share that make the cancer journey a lot easier. As an 18-year cancer survivor, a volunteer advocate, and optimist, Ann believes it IS possible to be well. “There are many paths to wellness, so pick one!”
The Midway Foundation for Integrative Medicine was established to promote awareness and application of successful integrative health concepts in Kentucky and beyond. We believe optimal care is achieved through re-establishing mind-body-spirit quality of life outcomes as the primary objective of the health care system. We intend to return spirituality to healthcare, and inspire medical students to adopt integrative concepts. National authorities will be sought to speak on integrative health opportunities. We seek to engage the medical community, and envision establishing an all-encompassing integrative medicine center. Visit our website at www.themidwayfoundation.org.
Conference participants will receive a reusable gift bag with some product samples, and other choice items. Organic food choices will be available for a light lunch included in the $25 entry fee.
To register, call the Midway Center for Integrative Medicine at 859-846-4445 (speak with Agatha or Dee Dee), and online at www.annieappleseedproject.org. Register early to assure a seat!!
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THE FIRST ANNUAL MIDWAY FOUNDATION CANCER CONFERENCE in conjunction with the Annie Appleseed Project
In a conference oriented toward cancer patients, their families, and healthcare providers, we are delighted to have our first conference at the Kentucky Horse Park on Saturday, May 8, 2010 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Speakers:
Dr. Linda Isaacs works with the nationally recognized Dr. Nick Gonzalez in New York City. The two are having the best-documented success with pancreatic cancer in the country, and see wonderful responses with many other cancers. Read about Dr. Issacs, a UK alumnus, on her website www.lindaisaacsmd.com
Dr. Jim Roach attracts patients from throughout Kentucky and most of the Southeast. He has lectured nationally on cancer, and will present the ‘ETMS Approach to Cancer’ that he uses at the Midway Center for Integrative Medicine. His website is www.themidwaycenter.com.
Dr. Connie Jennings, a highly regarded acupuncturist and internist at the University of Kentucky, will present on the valuable role of acupuncture in cancer.
Julia Chiappetta - a dynamic young woman whose breast cancer diagnosis led her to write a book Breast Cancer – the Notebook to help others in decision-making. She will speak about her choices and moderate a patient panel where local survivors will discuss their choices.
Ann Fonfa, founder of www.annieappleseedproject.org is a patient advocate who created a huge website filled with information. As a health coach, Ann offers support, information and hope. She will talk about how to begin optimal nutrition and why one should do that. Ann has tips and techniques she likes to share that make the cancer journey a lot easier. As an 18-year cancer survivor, a volunteer advocate, and optimist, Ann believes it IS possible to be well. “There are many paths to wellness, so pick one!”
The Midway Foundation for Integrative Medicine was established to promote awareness and application of successful integrative health concepts in Kentucky and beyond. We believe optimal care is achieved through re-establishing mind-body-spirit quality of life outcomes as the primary objective of the health care system. We intend to return spirituality to healthcare, and inspire medical students to adopt integrative concepts. National authorities will be sought to speak on integrative health opportunities. We seek to engage the medical community, and envision establishing an all-encompassing integrative medicine center. Visit our website at www.themidwayfoundation.org.
Conference participants will receive a reusable gift bag with some product samples, and other choice items. Organic food choices will be available for a light lunch included in the $25 entry fee.
To register, call the Midway Center for Integrative Medicine at 859-846-4445 (speak with Agatha or Dee Dee), and online at www.annieappleseedproject.org. Register early to assure a seat!!
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PATHWAYS TO WELLNESS IN CANCER
“Am I going to die?” It was two years ago when she asked this searing question. A breast cancer survivor, she had developed a hard nodule – a lymph node – in her neck that signals spread of cancer. There was also evidence of local recurrence. Fortunately I could assure her there was much we could do to support her. But just as fortunately, she is that unique individual that takes charge in these situations. Already, she had connected with nature, having named 100 different plants that she nurtured. She had pursued all angles, identifying and initiating supportive treatments of which I had not been aware. She is one that recognizes things happen for a reason, and utilizes these guideposts to redirect her life.
As with so many who have hormonal-related tumors, blood work showed that she had unidentified hypothyroidism. And there were other blood markers we could work to optimize. She purchased an infrared sauna and spends thirty minutes three times a week, which clears her mind while it detoxifies. She is meticulous about her nutrition and about taking extensive supplements that I recommended, never missing a dose. Her bright spirit is a joy to us all when she comes in the office. That nodule on the neck seems to be slowing shrinking, and, time-after-time, her CA 15-3 and CA 27.29 breast tumor markers decline further.
Ann Fonfa was diagnosed in 1993 with breast cancer and had surgery to remove it. But when the tumor recurred on her chest wall, she refused radiation and chemotherapy. Instead, she teamed up with an oriental Harvard doctor familiar with traditional healing methods. Now 17 years later, she is a driving force in informing women that they have options. She says there are many paths to wellness, and combinations of modalities work better. Nutrition, exercise, a relaxation program, detoxification, and supplements or herbs are the mainstays.
Flying into West Palm Beach to present the ‘ETMS Approach to Cancer’, I did not know what to expect. The Annie Appleseed Cancer Conference, first organized three years ago by Ann, had developed a national following with national presenters. What I found was delightful.
There was a sad side – a surviving spouse shared his experience with his wife that was unsuccessful. There are never guarantees. This was overwhelmed however by the raw determination and empowerment of survivors who shared how their cancer diagnosis transformed them. These individuals were on a mission – one to convey to those attending that they need not cower down to this diagnosis, that they could take charge of their health, and that there is much to be done.
We are going to make it possible for you to hear Ann on Saturday, May 8. The Midway Foundation for Integrative Medicine (TheMidwayFoundation.com) is partnering with the Annie Appleseed Project to bring her to Lexington. I will share my conference presentation. You can pick up information and identify resources for your own journey. Seating is limited to 140, so register promptly to assure a seat. The 10am-4pm conference includes an organic lunch. Call 859-846-4445 and ask for Agatha or Dee Dee
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PATHWAYS TO WELLNESS IN CANCER
“Am I going to die?” It was two years ago when she asked this searing question. A breast cancer survivor, she had developed a hard nodule – a lymph node – in her neck that signals spread of cancer. There was also evidence of local recurrence. Fortunately I could assure her there was much we could do to support her. But just as fortunately, she is that unique individual that takes charge in these situations. Already, she had connected with nature, having named 100 different plants that she nurtured. She had pursued all angles, identifying and initiating supportive treatments of which I had not been aware. She is one that recognizes things happen for a reason, and utilizes these guideposts to redirect her life.
As with so many who have hormonal-related tumors, blood work showed that she had unidentified hypothyroidism. And there were other blood markers we could work to optimize. She purchased an infrared sauna and spends thirty minutes three times a week, which clears her mind while it detoxifies. She is meticulous about her nutrition and about taking extensive supplements that I recommended, never missing a dose. Her bright spirit is a joy to us all when she comes in the office. That nodule on the neck seems to be slowing shrinking, and, time-after-time, her CA 15-3 and CA 27.29 breast tumor markers decline further.
Ann Fonfa was diagnosed in 1993 with breast cancer and had surgery to remove it. But when the tumor recurred on her chest wall, she refused radiation and chemotherapy. Instead, she teamed up with an oriental Harvard doctor familiar with traditional healing methods. Now 17 years later, she is a driving force in informing women that they have options. She says there are many paths to wellness, and combinations of modalities work better. Nutrition, exercise, a relaxation program, detoxification, and supplements or herbs are the mainstays.
Flying into West Palm Beach to present the ‘ETMS Approach to Cancer’, I did not know what to expect. The Annie Appleseed Cancer Conference, first organized three years ago by Ann, had developed a national following with national presenters. What I found was delightful.
There was a sad side – a surviving spouse shared his experience with his wife that was unsuccessful. There are never guarantees. This was overwhelmed however by the raw determination and empowerment of survivors who shared how their cancer diagnosis transformed them. These individuals were on a mission – one to convey to those attending that they need not cower down to this diagnosis, that they could take charge of their health, and that there is much to be done.
We are going to make it possible for you to hear Ann on Saturday, May 8. The Midway Foundation for Integrative Medicine (TheMidwayFoundation.com) is partnering with the Annie Appleseed Project to bring her to Lexington. I will share my conference presentation. You can pick up information and identify resources for your own journey. Seating is limited to 140, so register promptly to assure a seat. The 10am-4pm conference includes an organic lunch. Call 859-846-4445 and ask for Agatha or Dee Dee
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ARE YOU HEAVY METAL TOXIC?
Constantly, severely fatigued and aching, she had made trips to many doctors, and finally to John Hopkins, searching for answers – none came. Under our care, she no longer spends all day in bed and is active daily with chores or social support. Importantly, she is now off the seven medicines she was taking. Recently we found arsenic, lead, mercury, and cadmium in her blood; removal should improve her soreness.
Beyond chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, heavy metals can cause many disorders including memory and nerve impairment, heart and blood vessel disease, and depression.
Since recently starting heavy metal testing, we have found arsenic in all we have tested. Half have lead or mercury in their blood. Cadmium commonly is present, years to decades after cigarette smoke exposure.
One in six babies born today now have brain issues, one in 100 autistic. Autistic children have the genetic inability to get rid of heavy metals. While ridding ourselves of heavy metals takes time, new research indicates that detoxification, impaired by heavy metals, can be restored within days.
Mercury is an extremely powerful brain toxin, second only to plutonium. There can be no ‘safe’ level of a toxin that strong. It is implicated in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, autism, and other neurologic disorders. One third of our fresh water fish are toxic, and the percent is growing. Large fish and tuna have the most mercury; salmon and sardines the least. Mercury can come from work or coal exposure. If you have mercury amalgam dental fillings, avoid hot food or drinking, excessive brushing, or highly acidic foods like grapefruit. If removed, utilize a dentist who takes strong precautions.
Lead may account for 75% of all cardiovascular disease including hypertension and heart failure. In tiny amounts it impacts the IQ of children. It can cause learning disabilities, attention-deficit, aggressiveness, impulse control, violence, and hearing impairment. Kidney failure & cancer may occur. Living next to a major highway, growing up exposed to leaded gasoline or in a house built before 1980, are risks. Colored newsprint, burning candles, some cosmetics and hair dyes, furniture refinishing, ocean-derived calcium supplements, and antacids are sources.
Cadmium, while usually from cigarette smoke, can come from oysters, shrimp, crab, some fish, kidney, liver, commercial fertilizers, and batteries. Arsenic may be present in water, so use specially filtered water.
Heavy metals are stored in fat tissues like the brain, breasts, and abdomen. In 1975, only 1% of women developed breast cancer – now it is 12%. Incidentally, obese individuals in the top 10% of herbicide-pesticide exposure had 83 times greater diabetes risk.
If heavy metals are present, optimal nutrition, sweating exercise, and an infrared sauna can help. Onions, garlic, steamed broccoli and cabbage, asparagus, parsley and cilantro are recommended. An evening Epsom salt bath detoxifies and promotes sleep.
The Midway Center can assess heavy metal levels and design a detoxification program, including oral chelation if needed.
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ARE YOU HEAVY METAL TOXIC?
Constantly, severely fatigued and aching, she had made trips to many doctors, and finally to John Hopkins, searching for answers – none came. Under our care, she no longer spends all day in bed and is active daily with chores or social support. Importantly, she is now off the seven medicines she was taking. Recently we found arsenic, lead, mercury, and cadmium in her blood; removal should improve her soreness.
Beyond chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, heavy metals can cause many disorders including memory and nerve impairment, heart and blood vessel disease, and depression.
Since recently starting heavy metal testing, we have found arsenic in all we have tested. Half have lead or mercury in their blood. Cadmium commonly is present, years to decades after cigarette smoke exposure.
One in six babies born today now have brain issues, one in 100 autistic. Autistic children have the genetic inability to get rid of heavy metals. While ridding ourselves of heavy metals takes time, new research indicates that detoxification, impaired by heavy metals, can be restored within days.
Mercury is an extremely powerful brain toxin, second only to plutonium. There can be no ‘safe’ level of a toxin that strong. It is implicated in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, autism, and other neurologic disorders. One third of our fresh water fish are toxic, and the percent is growing. Large fish and tuna have the most mercury; salmon and sardines the least. Mercury can come from work or coal exposure. If you have mercury amalgam dental fillings, avoid hot food or drinking, excessive brushing, or highly acidic foods like grapefruit. If removed, utilize a dentist who takes strong precautions.
Lead may account for 75% of all cardiovascular disease including hypertension and heart failure. In tiny amounts it impacts the IQ of children. It can cause learning disabilities, attention-deficit, aggressiveness, impulse control, violence, and hearing impairment. Kidney failure & cancer may occur. Living next to a major highway, growing up exposed to leaded gasoline or in a house built before 1980, are risks. Colored newsprint, burning candles, some cosmetics and hair dyes, furniture refinishing, ocean-derived calcium supplements, and antacids are sources.
Cadmium, while usually from cigarette smoke, can come from oysters, shrimp, crab, some fish, kidney, liver, commercial fertilizers, and batteries. Arsenic may be present in water, so use specially filtered water.
Heavy metals are stored in fat tissues like the brain, breasts, and abdomen. In 1975, only 1% of women developed breast cancer – now it is 12%. Incidentally, obese individuals in the top 10% of herbicide-pesticide exposure had 83 times greater diabetes risk.
If heavy metals are present, optimal nutrition, sweating exercise, and an infrared sauna can help. Onions, garlic, steamed broccoli and cabbage, asparagus, parsley and cilantro are recommended. An evening Epsom salt bath detoxifies and promotes sleep.
The Midway Center can assess heavy metal levels and design a detoxification program, including oral chelation if needed.
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CANCER? SEE ME FIRST
The first move may be the most important. A woman with an egg-sized estrogen-positive tumor followed the advise of her oncologic surgeon and myself, taking a Rx aromatase-inhibiting drug along with nutritional, lifestyle, and botanical immune support as her first step. After many months, the tumor shrank to 1/7th its original size and was then easily removed with a lumpectomy.
Our office recommends a uniquely comprehensive tissue evaluation. When diagnosed with cancer, the common initial reaction is panic. When panicked, blood flow to the ‘thinking’ frontal lobes is cut-off in favor of ‘fight-or-flight’, leading to faulty decisions. Prepare in advance, because most err in this critical decision. To solve cancer, acquiring comprehensive information and diligently applying it is fundamental.
Consider the common options: Should it immediately be cut out? Consider breast cancer.
1) Removing a tumor at a time when estrogen levels are high substantially worsens outcomes. If on hormones, stop them, ideally a month before surgery. If premenopausal, greatly lower hormones integratively before preceding, and choose surgery at a time in the menstrual cycle when estrogen levels are lowest.
2) The nm23 gene in breast cancer suppresses metastasis, so removal of the primary tumor can promote growth of any metastases, though it may be years before these are apparent. 3) Prior to surgery, maximally strengthen the immune system to improve the outcome.
Before having a tumor removed, have in place a system where tumor tissue will be sent out-of-state to special labs that can do extensive genetic, tissue-marker, and chemotherapy sensitivity testing. Without this evaluation it is difficult to determine the best chemotherapy. Our office will work on locating a surgeon who can obtain tissue utilizing special kits, which you should then personally place in the mail. Compared to chemotherapy treatment of tissue shown to be insensitive, treatment of sensitive tissue improves outcomes 7-fold.
If the biopsy has previously been done, recent tissue can still be sent for tumor marker analysis. Know that your tissue indeed has tumor markers that your chemotherapy should be designed to attack – otherwise, treatment may be futile and harmful.
While radiation is commonly recommended after lumpectomy, there are concerns. Radiation primarily reduces chest wall metastases, which are generally not life threatening, unlike metastases to the bone, brain, and liver. Radiation may have little impact on preventing distant metastasis, while permanently weakening chest tissue and the heart. Radiation-induced tumors have appeared as soon as two years later. Long-term survivors in one study had a greater than 50% chance of new cancer developing directly due to radiation.
As soon as you are diagnosed, contact our office to take advantage of comprehensive tissue evaluation for the best chemotherapy outcome! We do frequent, comprehensive blood analysis to aid early detection of any recurrence, and have had good results in stabilizing metastatic cancer and achieving vitality, utilizing integrative interventions.
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CANCER? SEE ME FIRST
The first move may be the most important. A woman with an egg-sized estrogen-positive tumor followed the advise of her oncologic surgeon and myself, taking a Rx aromatase-inhibiting drug along with nutritional, lifestyle, and botanical immune support as her first step. After many months, the tumor shrank to 1/7th its original size and was then easily removed with a lumpectomy.
Our office recommends a uniquely comprehensive tissue evaluation. When diagnosed with cancer, the common initial reaction is panic. When panicked, blood flow to the ‘thinking’ frontal lobes is cut-off in favor of ‘fight-or-flight’, leading to faulty decisions. Prepare in advance, because most err in this critical decision. To solve cancer, acquiring comprehensive information and diligently applying it is fundamental.
Consider the common options: Should it immediately be cut out? Consider breast cancer.
1) Removing a tumor at a time when estrogen levels are high substantially worsens outcomes. If on hormones, stop them, ideally a month before surgery. If premenopausal, greatly lower hormones integratively before preceding, and choose surgery at a time in the menstrual cycle when estrogen levels are lowest.
2) The nm23 gene in breast cancer suppresses metastasis, so removal of the primary tumor can promote growth of any metastases, though it may be years before these are apparent. 3) Prior to surgery, maximally strengthen the immune system to improve the outcome.
Before having a tumor removed, have in place a system where tumor tissue will be sent out-of-state to special labs that can do extensive genetic, tissue-marker, and chemotherapy sensitivity testing. Without this evaluation it is difficult to determine the best chemotherapy. Our office will work on locating a surgeon who can obtain tissue utilizing special kits, which you should then personally place in the mail. Compared to chemotherapy treatment of tissue shown to be insensitive, treatment of sensitive tissue improves outcomes 7-fold.
If the biopsy has previously been done, recent tissue can still be sent for tumor marker analysis. Know that your tissue indeed has tumor markers that your chemotherapy should be designed to attack – otherwise, treatment may be futile and harmful.
While radiation is commonly recommended after lumpectomy, there are concerns. Radiation primarily reduces chest wall metastases, which are generally not life threatening, unlike metastases to the bone, brain, and liver. Radiation may have little impact on preventing distant metastasis, while permanently weakening chest tissue and the heart. Radiation-induced tumors have appeared as soon as two years later. Long-term survivors in one study had a greater than 50% chance of new cancer developing directly due to radiation.
As soon as you are diagnosed, contact our office to take advantage of comprehensive tissue evaluation for the best chemotherapy outcome! We do frequent, comprehensive blood analysis to aid early detection of any recurrence, and have had good results in stabilizing metastatic cancer and achieving vitality, utilizing integrative interventions.
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CANCER? SEE ME FIRST
The first move may be the most important. A woman with an egg-sized estrogen-positive tumor followed the advise of her oncologic surgeon and myself, taking a Rx aromatase-inhibiting drug along with nutritional, lifestyle, and botanical immune support as her first step. After many months, the tumor shrank to 1/7th its original size and was then easily removed with a lumpectomy.
Our office recommends a uniquely comprehensive tissue evaluation. When diagnosed with cancer, the common initial reaction is panic. When panicked, blood flow to the ‘thinking’ frontal lobes is cut-off in favor of ‘fight-or-flight’, leading to faulty decisions. Prepare in advance, because most err in this critical decision. To solve cancer, acquiring comprehensive information and diligently applying it is fundamental.
Consider the common options: Should it immediately be cut out? Consider breast cancer.
1) Removing a tumor at a time when estrogen levels are high substantially worsens outcomes. If on hormones, stop them, ideally a month before surgery. If premenopausal, greatly lower hormones integratively before preceding, and choose surgery at a time in the menstrual cycle when estrogen levels are lowest.
2) The nm23 gene in breast cancer suppresses metastasis, so removal of the primary tumor can promote growth of any metastases, though it may be years before these are apparent. 3) Prior to surgery, maximally strengthen the immune system to improve the outcome.
Before having a tumor removed, have in place a system where tumor tissue will be sent out-of-state to special labs that can do extensive genetic, tissue-marker, and chemotherapy sensitivity testing. Without this evaluation it is difficult to determine the best chemotherapy. Our office will work on locating a surgeon who can obtain tissue utilizing special kits, which you should then personally place in the mail. Compared to chemotherapy treatment of tissue shown to be insensitive, treatment of sensitive tissue improves outcomes 7-fold.
If the biopsy has previously been done, recent tissue can still be sent for tumor marker analysis. Know that your tissue indeed has tumor markers that your chemotherapy should be designed to attack – otherwise, treatment may be futile and harmful.
While radiation is commonly recommended after lumpectomy, there are concerns. Radiation primarily reduces chest wall metastases, which are generally not life threatening, unlike metastases to the bone, brain, and liver. Radiation may have little impact on preventing distant metastasis, while permanently weakening chest tissue and the heart. Radiation-induced tumors have appeared as soon as two years later. Long-term survivors in one study had a greater than 50% chance of new cancer developing directly due to radiation.
As soon as you are diagnosed, contact our office to take advantage of comprehensive tissue evaluation for the best chemotherapy outcome! We do frequent, comprehensive blood analysis to aid early detection of any recurrence, and have had good results in stabilizing metastatic cancer and achieving vitality, utilizing integrative interventions.
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IS THE CULPRIT YOUR GUT?
Knowledge about intestinal health is growing rapidly – it is the new frontier. Thanks to a new understanding of the importance, function, and maintenance of our intestines, we are seeing good responses in ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, and irritable bowel syndrome. Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and autoimmune diseases are often impacted. Even sinus disorders can simply be a milk product hypersensitivity. Unexplained symptoms like severe headaches, itching, and rashes may resolve with appropriate evaluation and interventions.
Digestive issues are diverse but interrelated. Reflux disorders may result from insufficient acid or deficiencies in testosterone or vitamin D. Statin cholesterol medicine, anticholinergic asthma or bladder medicine, antihistamines, and calcium blocking or beta-blocker blood pressure medicine may be causative. Digestive enzyme production, like acid production, diminishes with age; insufficiency can lead to persistent gastrointestinal symptoms.
Food hypersensitivities have become a highly prevalent, undetected source of ill health, manifesting in many ways. Two-thirds of our patients have dairy hypersensitivity and one-third are gluten-reactive, detected with the rarely performed IgG antibody testing, now available at our office. We are finding these sensitivities play an important role in both inflammatory and irritable bowel disorders. Life-threatening IgE food allergies are tested as well. With intestinal, or unexplained, symptoms or disorders, we often screen for celiac disease
With age, the friendly gut bacteria diminish rapidly. Only a tiny fraction of the original population is present by age 65, generating nutrient deficiencies and impaired absorption. These bacteria are crucial for maintaining the strength and integrity of the intestinal lining. Certain strains, such as lactobacillus rhamonus GG, are particularly beneficial and proven, even for infants. Buy only refrigerated probiotics and store them that way. Providing food for these bacteria – ‘prebiotics’ – is worthwhile.
Antibiotics wreak havoc, leading to increased intestinal permeability that logically would result in impaired immunity and autoimmunity. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen often bore holes in the intestinal wall with similar potential immune damage.
Saccharomyces boulardii is a benign, non-colonizing yeast. It stimulates IgA production can result in destruction of pathogenic organisms such as c. difficile and yeast. It is an ideal one to take during antibiotic therapy to reduce risk of diarrhea.
Acid-suppressant drugs interfere with absorption of essential nutrients including calcium, zinc, magnesium, iron, folic acid, and vitamins B12 and C. The result might be fracture, pneumonia, cognitive impairment, or sudden death. New research suggests that these drugs may commonly cause reflux to develop.
When acid is strongly suppressed in the stomach, what is going to kill the viruses, bacteria, and fungi that daily enter the digestive tract through our airways? Along with infection, this may lead to immune, allergy, or other disorders.
Biofilms are created by pathogenic organisms in the intestinal tract, and protect them from antibiotics. They are made of minerals, including heavy metals. It may be essential to destroy these biofilms with specific nutrients to achieve healing and health.
The Midway Center now provides a special focus on digestive issues.
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